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Native - Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life (Paperback)
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Native - Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life (Paperback)
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Loot Price R468
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Sayed Kashua has been praised by the New York Times as a master of
subtle nuance in dealing with both Arab and Jewish society. An
Israeli-Palestinian who lived in Jerusalem for most of his life,
Kashua started writing in Hebrew with the hope of creating one
story that both Palestinians and Israelis could relate to, rather
than two that cannot coexist. He devoted his novels and his
satirical weekly column published in Haaretz to exploring the
contradictions of modern Israel while also capturing the nuances of
family life in all its tenderness and chaos. Over the last decade,
Kashua's humorous essays have been among the most widely read
columns in Israel. He writes about fatherhood and marriage, the
Jewish-Arab conflict, encounters with prejudice, his professional
ambitions, and his love of literature. With an intimate tone fueled
by deep-seated apprehension and a razor-sharp ironic wit, he has
documented his own life as well as that of society at large--from
instructing his daughter on when it's appropriate to speak Arabic
(everywhere, anytime, except at the entrance to a mall) to
navigating security at Ben Gurion airport (in a Citroen that he'd
bought especially for checkpoints: God in heaven, who ever saw an
Arab driving a Citroen?) to opening a Facebook account during the
Arab Spring (so that he wouldn't miss the next revolution). From
these events of his everyday life, Kashua brings forth a series of
brilliant, caustic, wry, and fearless reflections on social and
cultural dynamics as experienced by someone who straddles two
societies. Amusing and sincere, Native--a selection of his popular
columns--is comprised of unrestrained, profoundly thoughtful
personal dispatches.
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