Going Home by Raja Shehadeh
In a dazzling mix of reportage, analysis, and memoir, the leading Palestinian writer of our time reflects on aging, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah. In Going Home, Raja Shehadeh, the Orwell Prize - winning author of Palestinian Walks, takes us on a series of journeys around his hometown of Ramallah. Set in a single day - the day that happens to be the fiftieth anniversary of Israel's occupation of the West Bank - the book is a powerful and moving record and chronicle of the changing face of his city.
RAJA SHEHADEH is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in Ramallah. He is a founder of Al-Haq, a pioneering, nonpartisan human rights organization, and the author of several books, including Strangers in the House and Palestinian Walks. INTRODUCTION WRITER COLUM MCCANN is the internationally bestselling author of such novels as TransAtlantic and National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin. His fiction has been published in more than 40 languages. His other honors include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and in 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts. A contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review, he teaches in the Hunter College MFA Creative Writing program. He lives in New York City with his wife and their three children, and he is the cofounder of the global nonprofit story exchange organization, Narrative 4.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781620975770 |
| ISBN 10 | 1620975777 |
| Title | Going Home |
| Author | Raja Shehadeh |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 2020-03-12 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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