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Let it be Morning Sayed Kashua

Let it be Morning By Sayed Kashua

Let it be Morning by Sayed Kashua


$18.49
Condition - Very Good
5 in stock

Summary

Introducing a world literary figure: Sayed Kashua's Let It Be Morning is written with the moral clarity of Damon Galgut and the existential power of Albert Camus.

Let it be Morning Summary

Let it be Morning by Sayed Kashua

Imagine your own home surrounded by roadblocks and tanks, your water turned off and the cashpoints empty. What would you do next?

A young journalist, recently married with a new baby, is seeking a quieter life away from the city and has bought a large new house in his parent's hometown, an Arab village in Israel. Nothing is as they remember: everything is smaller, the people petty and provincial and the villagers divided between sympathy for the Palestinians and dependence on the Israelis.

Suddenly and shockingly, the village becomes a pawn in the power struggles of the Middle East. When Israeli tanks surround the village without warning or explanation, everyone inside is cut off from the outside world. As the situation grows increasingly tense, our hero is forced to confront what it means to be human in an inhuman situation.

Let it be Morning Reviews

'In Let It Be Morning... the text is rendered quite beautifully and the absurdity of the events [Kashua] describes so unflinchingly brings to mind Kafka - another writer caught in a linguistic and national crossfire.' (Laila Lalami, Boston Review)


'At times uproariously funny, at others wrenchingly poignant... Let It Be Morning is as much about humiliation, disappointment, fear, hope and fleeting moments of euphoric possibility as it is about Middle East politics.' (Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Daily Star)

'Sharp, powerful and uncompromising... one of the most potent and impressive novels written in Hebrew in the last several years.'

* Ha'aretz (Israel) *

About Sayed Kashua

Sayed Kashua was born in 1975 in Galilee and studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He writes a weekly column for Ha'aretz, Israel's most prestigious newspaper, and lives with his wife and two children in Beit-Safafa, an Arab village within Jerusalem. His first novel, Dancing Arabs, was a San Francisco Book of the Year and was translated into eight languages.

Additional information

GOR001157716
9781843545439
1843545438
Let it be Morning by Sayed Kashua
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Atlantic Books
20070111
288
Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2008
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Let it be Morning