The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine - Softcover

Ehrenreich, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783783109 ISBN 13: 9781783783106

Publisher: Granta Books, 2016

Synopsis

This is a book about Palestine today. It is neither apologetic nor romanticized, but a powerful and brilliantly realized scream of a book, scorching and tender, from a journalist whose anger and empathy burn through every word. Over the past three years, Ben Ehrenreich has shared the laughter, fury and sorrow of people in cities and villages across the West Bank, young and old people, men and women. He has witnessed the extremes to which they are pushed, the daily deprivation and oppression that they face, the strategies they construct to survive it - stoicism, resignation, rebellion, humour, and a stubborn, defiant joy. In The Way to the Spring, he describes the cruel mechanics of the Israeli occupation and the endless absurdities and tragedies it engenders: the complex and humiliating machinery of the checkpoints, walls, courts and prisons; the steady, strangling loss of lands that have been passed down for generations; the constant ebb and flow of deadly violence. Blending political and historical context with the personal stories of the people Ehrenreich meets, The Way to the Spring is a testimony, a provocation and a vital document. Written with grace and power, it breathes fresh life and urgency to a place and a conflict that too easily disappears in the shouting. This is a necessary book, an unflinching act of witnessing.

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About the Author

Ben Ehrenreich is the author of two novels, Ether and The Suitors and one non-fiction book, The Way to the Spring. His writing has appeared in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine and the London Review of Books, among others. A recipient of the National Magazine Award, he lives in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783783109
• ISBN 13: 9781783783106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448