Publish Date |
July 14, 1999 |
Category |
Photography Literary Criticism |
Price |
$ |
ISBN: 9780231114493
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: July 14, 1999
Named an essential book for understanding the Israel-Hamas war.When Said shows us the Palestinian experience min al-dakhil, from the inside, he means not the inside of the place, but the inside of the mind. Palestine becomes a state of mind. And that is what makes the book so exceptional. It is an extended voyage through the mind of exile.The power and magic of [Said and Mohr's] collective statement lies in this––no matter how displaced or dispossessed, a decisive border separates the native and the tourist.A very personal text, and a very moving one, about an internal struggle: the anguish of living with displacement, with exile.... The most beautiful piece of prose... about what it means to be a Palestinian.