Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel - Hardcover

Grossman, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224032925 ISBN 13: 9780224032926

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 1993

Synopsis

Israel is both Jewish state and national homeland to Jews the world over. But a fifth of its population is Arab, a people who feel themselves to be an inseparable part of the Arab nation, most of which is still technically at war with the State of Israel. During the Gulf War many Israeli Arabs found themselves in an absurd situation as they climbed atop their roofs, gas masks on their faces, to cheer on the missiles Saddam Hussein had aimed at Israel. 'My people is at war with my country, ' is how one Israeli Arab has described the dilemma in which he and his brothers are caught. In the summer of 1991, Israeli writer David Grossman sets out on a personal journey into the world of the Arab citizens of his country to explore these problems. This book is an account of that journey, a story about an intensifying bitterness and a Palestinian problem likely to become as serious as the one already familiar to the world.

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About the Author

David Grossman was born in Jerusalem in 1954 where he now lives with his family. His previous books are The Yellow Wind which describes the symptoms of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and two novels: See Under: Love and The Smile of the Lamb.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonathan Cape
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224032925
• ISBN 13: 9780224032926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336