Kingdom of olives and ash writers confront the occupation /

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 t...

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Other Authors: Chabon, Michael (Editor), Waldman, Ayelet (Editor), Rothman-Zecher, Moriel (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.