Literature and war: conversations with Israeli and Palestinian writers

"Novelist and journalist Runo Isaksen undertook these interviews with preeminent Israeli and Palestinian writers with one key question: Can literature play a role in helping one side to see the other? To answer this, he sought out acclaimed Israeli writers Amos Oz and David Grossman, Palestinia...

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Main Author: Isaksen, Runo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: Northampton MA Olive Branch Press 2008
Edition:1. American ed.
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Summary:"Novelist and journalist Runo Isaksen undertook these interviews with preeminent Israeli and Palestinian writers with one key question: Can literature play a role in helping one side to see the other? To answer this, he sought out acclaimed Israeli writers Amos Oz and David Grossman, Palestinian poet laureate Mahmoud Darwish, feminist writer Sahar Khalifeh, and others. In the conversations that resulted, the region's most original voices reflect on the relationship between literature and war: their discussions transcend national boundaries and the narrow language of conflict, and allow us new insights into the human side of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. These dialogues - urgent, humorous, despairing, and hopeful - are themselves a first step toward peace."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
What really matters is the quality of what's in our heads / Etgar Keret -- In morality's catastrophe zones / David Grossman -- We have to act as if there is a chance, maybe /Yoram Kaniuk -- In conflicts, few people are able to understand the suffering of others / Amos Oz -- Dissension is an old Jewish tradition / Meir Shalev -- Arabophobia! / Orly Castel-Bloom -- A perfect bridge / Dorit Rabinyan -- Life is so much richer / Mahmoud Shuqair -- I want to be free / Ghassan Zaqtan -- My aim is to survive / Liana Badr -- I write to release the violence inside / Zakariyya Muhammad -- We have to be humane in our fight / Yahya Yakhlif -- Men dominate society / Sahar Khalifeh -- It is our duty to know about the other side / Mahmoud Darwish and Izzat Ghazzawi -- Or should we do something about it?: an Israeli-Palestinian contribution / Salman Natour
Physical Description:222 S. cm
ISBN:9781566567305
1566567300

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