Inside the Night
Price:
£17.95
Publisher:
American University in Cairo Press
ISBN:
978-9774160974
Binding:
Hardback Description:
This is a multifaceted Palestinian tale of love, exile, tragedy, and freedom. Beginning with a scene of departure, the two nameless narrators roam back and forth in time, veering from childhood mischief to a Palestinian refugee camp massacre; from ardent first love to necessary migration to an Arab oil country for employment; from spirited adolescent fantasies to the grim reality of life in an Arab country whose claims to progress are mounted on the bent backs of its people. The narrators' trials, tragedies, and rare but blinding moments of joy are shared with, among others, a mother and a father, an old Jewish woman who married a Palestinian, and an abandoned child living in a hut by himself who dissipates, through his innocence, the enveloping atmosphere of terror.
Review:
‘In this powerful, moving and darkly humorous novel, Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nasrallah takes us deep inside the Palestinian individual and collective experience in a narrative that crosses time and space, defies logic, and embraces both horror and absurdity. Inside the Night is part of Nasrallah’s body of interrelated works in poetry, fiction, painting and photography. His poetic gift lends his prose a density and economy of expression. The novel is relatively short, but covers decades and ranges across national boundaries.’ – Susannah Tarbush, Banipal (UK) Online
