Atef Abu Saif, the editor of ‘The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction’ has compiled 10 short stories from 10 writers which in different styles narrate the oppressions against Palestinians and their miserable life during the last four decades.
this book which has been edited in 2014, includes three parts written by modern contemporary Palestinian authors. In the introduction of ‘The Book of Gaza’ Abu Saif states:”
“Under the Israeli occupation of the '70s and '80s, writers in Gaza had to go to considerable lengths to ever have a chance of seeing their work in print. Manuscripts were written out longhand, invariably under pseudonyms, and smuggled out of the Strip to Jerusalem, Cairo or Beirut, where they then had to be typed up. Consequently, fiction grew shorter, novels became novellas, and short stories flourished as the city's form of choice.”
This compilation from one hand portrays the hardships imposed on the people of Palestine by the Zionists and their remarkable, constant resistance centered on the events of Gaza which has always been at the spotlight of international media.
‘The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction’ has been translated from Arabic into English for the first time by Tom Aplin, Charis Bredin, Emily Danby, Alexa Firat, Alice Guthrie, and other translators. The English publisher is Carcanet Press Ltd.
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