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A Trumpet in the Wadi: A Novel
by
Sami Michael
Set in the months preceeding the 1982 Israeli-Arab conflict in Lebanon, this tale is the coming-of-age story of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live in the wadi - the Arab quarter in the jewish city of Haifa on the northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual respect unites the sisters - polar opposites from their appearances...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
July 27th 2007
by Simon & Schuster
(first published 1987)
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Sami Michael is an Iraqi Jewish author who has experienced the Israeli Arab conflict from several different angles. He relates with both the view points of the Arab and Jewish communities.
The story takes place in Wadi Salib, a slum area located in Haifa. It is inhabited primarily by Israeli Arabs. One particular family living there consists of a grandfather, a Coptic christian who wandered through the Sinai to get to Israel/ Palestine, a mother and two daughters named Mary and Huda. Mary the you...more
The story takes place in Wadi Salib, a slum area located in Haifa. It is inhabited primarily by Israeli Arabs. One particular family living there consists of a grandfather, a Coptic christian who wandered through the Sinai to get to Israel/ Palestine, a mother and two daughters named Mary and Huda. Mary the you...more
The style of writing is different from American novels. (Of course this could be the translation, but it is probably true to the rhythm of speech.) Less is revealed; speech is curt and abrupt.
This is a story of impossible love, between urban and village Arabs in Israel, between Arab and immigrant Russian Jew in the city, between father-in-law and daughter (it's never clear what this relationship entails). It is a beautiful book in its complexity and I'm looking forward to the group ...more
This is a story of impossible love, between urban and village Arabs in Israel, between Arab and immigrant Russian Jew in the city, between father-in-law and daughter (it's never clear what this relationship entails). It is a beautiful book in its complexity and I'm looking forward to the group ...more
If it was not included as study material at school,
I would not look at this book at all
Another book I had to read for my literature lesson.
The idea is interesting and refreshing.
However, the plot is just boring and strange in some places.
Another problem I had with that book is that I don't like sad love stories.. and the love story in that book is definetely one of the most depressing and sad I ever read about.
very interesting to read the story of this christian arab woman in haifa and her relationships with other israelis, making sense of the war in lebanon (early 1980s), changing times, etc.
Great book, depicting a culture I knew little about before this book.
Jordan Larson
marked it as to-read
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