Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for
navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with "A Trumpet
in the Wadi," a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting
with an honest and heartbreaking story of impossible love and the
strength of family.
Set in the months preceding the 1982 Israeli-Arab conflict in
Lebanon, this beautifully written tale is the coming-of-age story
of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live
in the wadi -- the Arab quarter in the Jewish city of Haifa on the
northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual
respect unites the sisters -- polar opposites from their
appearances to their tempers. Huda, the narrator of the story, is
thin and withdrawn and, after abandoning her chance at marriage a
few years back, has prematurely resigned herself to the monotonous
life of an old maid. Her younger sister, Mary, is voluptuous,
carnal, and perennially unemployed. Wrapped in the love of their
sometimes bitter mother, their iconoclast grandfather, and the
cheerful and omnipresent neighbor Jamilla, the sisters' lives
change when a peculiar young Russian Jewish immigrant, Alex, moves
into the upstairs flat. The melodies of the soulful trumpet player
become the intoxicating theme music for Huda's unexpected
reawakening -- and for Mary's dangerous foray into a love triangle
with the heir of the local Muslim mob and her country cousin.
Michael's internationally acclaimed novel is a major
achievement, illuminating the vast range of interlocking
relationships between Jews and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, men
and women. "A Trumpet in the Wadi" is an honest, witty, and
ultimately heartbreaking story -- one that draws on the conflicts
in the Middle East, but one whose insights into love and family can
cross all cultural and political boundaries.
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