A beautiful meditation on war, violence, memory and injustice, set in the occupied Palestinian territories.
A beautiful meditation on war, violence, memory and injustice, Minor Detail cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of dispossession, life under occupation, and the persistent difficulty of piecing together history in the face of ongoing displacement and disempowerment.
Winner of the LiBeraturpreis 2023
Über den Autor
Adania Shibli was born in Palestine in 1974. Her first two novels appeared in English with Clockroot Books as Touch (tr. Paula Haydar, 2010) and We Are All Equally Far From Love (tr. Paul Starkey, 2012). She was awarded the Young Writer's Award by the A. M. Qattan Foundation in 2002 and 2004.
Klappentext
A young woman in Ramallah becomes fascinated by a brutal act committed during the War of 1948 that led to the displacement of 700,000 Palestinians. A dissonant meditation on violence and memory. Translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette.
