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Synopsis

A searing, beautiful novel meditating on war, violence, memory, and the sufferings of the palestinian peoplefinalist for the national book awardlonglisted for the international booker prizeminor detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the palestinians mourn as the nakba―the catastrophe that led to the displacement and exile of some 700, 000 people―and the israelis celebrate as the war of independence.