Touch

Name: Touch
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ISBN: 9781566568074

ISBN-10: 1566568072

ISBN-13: 9781566568074

Edition: 2010

Authors: Adania Shibli, Paula Haydar

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Description:

Touch centers on a girl, the youngest of nine sisters in a Palestinian family. In the singular world of this novella, this young woman's everyday experiences resonate until they have become as weighty as any national tragedy. The smallest sensations compel, the events of history only lurk at the edges--the question of Palestine, the massacre at Sabra and Shatila. In a language that feels at once natural and alienated, Shibli breaks with the traditions of modern Arabic fiction, creating a work that has been and will continue to be hailed across literatures. Here every ordinary word, ordinary action is a small stone dropped into water: of inevitable consequence. We find ourselves mesmerized…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.75" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Adania Shibli was born in Palestine in 1974, holds a Ph.D. from the University of East London, and has published three novels in Arabic. She splits her time between Berlin and Jerusalem.