- Politics and government, Palestinian Arab Refugees, Palestinian Arabs, Arab-Israeli conflict
Forcibly removed from the ancient village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejas are moved into the Jenin refugee camp. There, exiled from his beloved olive groves, the family patriarch languishes of a broken heart, his eldest son fathers a family and falls victim to an Israeli bullet, and his grandchildren struggle against tragedy toward freedom, peace, and home.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Susan Abulhawa
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- NUEVOS TIEMPOS, Bloomsbury Publishing, Center Point Pub.
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781408813553
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