| Contents |
Introduction / Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon -- The Dovekeeper / Geraldine Brooks One's own people / Jacqueline Woodson Bloated time and the death of meaning / Ala Hlehel Giant in a cage / Michael Chabon The land in winter / Madeleine Thien Mr. nice guy / Rachel Kushner Sami / Raja Shehadeh Occupied words / Lars Saabye Christensen Prison visit / Dave Eggers Sumud / Emily Raboteau Journey to the West Bank / Mario Vargas Llosa Playing for Palestine / Assaf Gavron Love in the time of Qalandiya / Taiye Selasi Imagining Jericho / Colm T́óibín The end of reasons / Eimear McBride High places / Hari Kunzru Storyland / Lorraine Adams The separation wall / Helon Habila A hundred children / Eva Menasse Visible, invisible : two worlds / Anita Desai Hip-hop is not dead / Porochista Khakpour Occupation's untold story / Fida Jiryis An unsuitable place for clowns / Arnon Grunberg Justice, justice you shall pursue / Ayelet Waldman Two stories, so many stories / Colum McCann H2 / Maylis De Kerangal. |
| Abstract |
Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank. Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have joined forces with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence-an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there-and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories. |
| General note | First published in Great Britain in 2017 by 4th Estate. First published in United States in 2017 by Harper Perennial. |
| ISBN | 9780008229191 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0008229198 (paperback) |
