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Beat Rowan Somerville

Beat By Rowan Somerville

Beat by Rowan Somerville


$28.99
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

In 2001, a suicide bomb killed twenty-one young Israelis in Tel Aviv. The next day, an Israeli settler shot a Palestinian pharmacist, Mazan Al-Joulani, rendering him brain dead. In an extraordinary act of humanity, the family of Al-Joulani agreed to donate his heart to a dying Israeli.

Beat Summary

Beat: The True Story of a Suicide Bomb and a Heart by Rowan Somerville

On June 1st 2001, a suicide bomb killed twenty-one young Israelis outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv. The next day, in an apparently retributive act of violence, an Israeli settler shot a Palestinian pharmacist, Mazan Al-Joulani, in the neck, rendering him brain dead. Out of this violence came an extraordinary act of humanity, when the family of Al-Joulani agreed to donate his heart to Yigal Cohen, a dying Israeli. Rowan Somerville, the son of two cardiologists, travelled to the Levant to talk to survivors, families, the surgeon who performed the transplant and the family of the suicide bomber. In this powerful story, Somerville untangles the roots of violence, faith and tribal conflict, and the possibility of redemption.

About Rowan Somerville

Rowan Somerville was born in the West End of London in 1966. He has an honors degree in Literature from the University of Edinburgh. He has worked in film, television and radio. He has written two previous novels, The End of Sleep and The Shape of Her.

Additional information

GOR008869920
9781843517054
1843517051
Beat: The True Story of a Suicide Bomb and a Heart by Rowan Somerville
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The Lilliput Press Ltd
2017-06-01
296
N/A
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