Literature and war : conversations with Israeli and Palestinian writers / Runo Isaksen ; translated by Kari Dickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isaksen, Runo.

Standardized Title:

Litteratur i krig. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993-.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Literature and the conflict.

Authors, Israeli--21st century--Interviews.

Authors, Israeli.

Authors, Palestinian Arab--21st century--Interviews.

Authors, Palestinian Arab.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Personal narratives, Jewish.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Personal narratives, Palestinian Arab.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- Palestinian Arab.

Personal narratives -- Jewish.

Interviews.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2009.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222).

ISBN:

9781566567305

1566567300

OCLC:

233697475