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Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Madeleine Thien
4.2/5 ( ratings)
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have teamed up with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence—an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there—and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories.

Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from several of today’s most esteemed storytellers including: Colum McCann, Jacqueline Woodson, Colm Toibin, Geraldine Brooks, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru, Raja Shehadeh, Mario Vargas Llosa and Assaf Gavron, as well as from editors Chabon and Waldman. Through these incisive, perceptive, and poignant essays, readers will gain unique insight into the narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news, as well as deeper understanding of the conflict as experienced by the people who live in the occupied territories. Together, these stories stand witness to the human cost of the occupation.

Introduction / Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon
The Dovekeeper / Geraldine Brooks
One's own people / Jacqueline Woodson
Bloated time and the death of meaning / Ala Hlehel
Giant in a cage / Michael Chabon
The land in winter / Madeleine Thien
Mr. nice guy / Rachel Kushner
Sami / Raja Shehadeh
Occupied words / Lars Saabye Christensen
Prison visit / Dave Eggers
Sumud / Emily Raboteau
Journey to the West Bank / Mario Vargas Llosa
Playing for Palestine / Assaf Gavron
Love in the time of Qalandiya / Taiye Selasi
Imagining Jericho / Colm T́óibín
The end of reasons / Eimear McBride
High places / Hari Kunzru
Storyland / Lorraine Adams
The separation wall / Helon Habila
A hundred children / Eva Menasse
Visible, invisible : two worlds / Anita Desai
Hip-hop is not dead / Porochista Khakpour
Occupation's untold story / Fida Jiryis
An unsuitable place for clowns / Arnon Grunberg
Justice, justice you shall pursue / Ayelet Waldman
Two stories, so many stories / Colum McCann
H2 / Maylis De Kerangal

 
Language
English
Pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Release
May 30, 2017
ISBN
0062431781
ISBN 13
9780062431783

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Madeleine Thien
4.2/5 ( ratings)
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.

In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have teamed up with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence—an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there—and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories.

Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from several of today’s most esteemed storytellers including: Colum McCann, Jacqueline Woodson, Colm Toibin, Geraldine Brooks, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru, Raja Shehadeh, Mario Vargas Llosa and Assaf Gavron, as well as from editors Chabon and Waldman. Through these incisive, perceptive, and poignant essays, readers will gain unique insight into the narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news, as well as deeper understanding of the conflict as experienced by the people who live in the occupied territories. Together, these stories stand witness to the human cost of the occupation.

Introduction / Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon
The Dovekeeper / Geraldine Brooks
One's own people / Jacqueline Woodson
Bloated time and the death of meaning / Ala Hlehel
Giant in a cage / Michael Chabon
The land in winter / Madeleine Thien
Mr. nice guy / Rachel Kushner
Sami / Raja Shehadeh
Occupied words / Lars Saabye Christensen
Prison visit / Dave Eggers
Sumud / Emily Raboteau
Journey to the West Bank / Mario Vargas Llosa
Playing for Palestine / Assaf Gavron
Love in the time of Qalandiya / Taiye Selasi
Imagining Jericho / Colm T́óibín
The end of reasons / Eimear McBride
High places / Hari Kunzru
Storyland / Lorraine Adams
The separation wall / Helon Habila
A hundred children / Eva Menasse
Visible, invisible : two worlds / Anita Desai
Hip-hop is not dead / Porochista Khakpour
Occupation's untold story / Fida Jiryis
An unsuitable place for clowns / Arnon Grunberg
Justice, justice you shall pursue / Ayelet Waldman
Two stories, so many stories / Colum McCann
H2 / Maylis De Kerangal

 
Language
English
Pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Release
May 30, 2017
ISBN
0062431781
ISBN 13
9780062431783

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