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This debut novel is by a Palestinian journalist from Tira, a village just inside the border with Israel. It appears to be very autobiographical, following a protagonist born in Tira in 1975 (like the author), whose path appears to closely follow that of the author, who left home to attend a prestigious Israeli boarding school. The structure is quite loose, an assembly of brief 3-5 page vignettes that unfold in roughly chronological order, taking the reader through his childhood and family life,
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This was an interesting collection of vignettes of the narrator's life in Isreal. He deals with issues of class, race, and the ever-present Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I didn't feel too connected to the narrator, however the book was a good illustration of how one could be amidst the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and yet not feel connected to his own people and their struggles.
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