A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights
Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile, including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah.
'Powerful ... It's a mark of Shehadeh's brilliance that this latest
revisiting is full of surprises: it's even in tone, but jet-fuelled
by implicit emotion; there's no conventional suspense, but it is
absolutely gripping ... masterly' - Rachel Aspden
'A striking story of loss, heartbreak and political perfidy ...
This is a tragedy within a tragedy, of a father and son who,
despite their similarities, failed to understand one another,
against the backdrop of dispossession of the Palestinian people' -
Lara Marlowe
'Highly readable ... thought-provoking' - Observer
'Slim but powerful - rich in recent historical detail with a
poignant personal trauma threading in and out of it. This is a
Palestinian memoir that will endure' - Gerald Butt
'Praise for the author:
'Palestine's greatest prose writer' - Observer
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