Picnic Grounds A Novel in Fragments

Name: Picnic Grounds A Novel in Fragments
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ISBN: 9780872864191

ISBN-10: 0872864197

ISBN-13: 9780872864191

Edition: 2003

Authors: Oz Shelach

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Part reportage, part parable, part excavation of history, this jigsaw puzzle of compelling tales constitutes an exile's nostalgic tour into Israel's culture of denial. Captivating in its beguiling, seeming simplicity, Picnic Grounds is a novel built from the layers of overlapping lives and stories, much like the villages and cities of Israel are constructed from a culture superimposed over the palimpsest of history. Landscape, language, and the manufacture of knowledge are deconstructed by a unique new voice, writing in a language that is not quite English, from a life that is anything but post-colonial. Oz Shelach was born in West Jerusalem in 1968 and has been a journalist and editor for…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English

Oz Shelach was born in West Jerusalem in 1968, has been a journalist and editor for Israeli radio and magazines, and runs an online news service and art gallery at http://www.oznik.com. He currently lives in New York.