The Tale of a Wall: A Memoir by Srour, Nasser Abu, paperback, New
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9781635423877
- Book Title
- Tale of a Wall : Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom
- Publisher
- Other Press, LLC
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction, History
- Topic
- General, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Publisher
Other Press, LLC
ISBN-10
1635423872
ISBN-13
9781635423877
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19057264196
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tale of a Wall : Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
General, Middle East / Israel & Palestine
Genre
Fiction, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Nasser Abu Srour doesn't allow his long incarceration in an Israeli prison to break his spirt. He turns the wall of his cell that is intended to confine him into his path to freedom, and in the process, out of the darkness of his cell produces a luminous memoir." --Raja Shehadeh, author of We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir " The Tale of a Wall is the reason we have literature. Nasser has made art out of poison with his honesty and golden pen. He brings to light the specificity of experience of the Palestinian prisoner in a manner that makes every reader think about the incarcerated in their own countries without forgetting Palestine. It helps us understand the consequences on others when we do not wield whatever power we each hold for solidarity. A profound and important work." --Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show and Conflict Is Not Abuse "A unique, lyrical exploration of what his inhumane conFinement has taught him about resistance, love, lies, forgiveness, and the complicated struggle for liberation of his fractured, occupied land. Rather than allow the many walls surrounding him from childhood to break him down, he has turned them into darkly luminous companions on a journey into the heart of cruelty and redemption." --Ariel Dorfman, author of The Suicide Museum "An extraordinary memoir. Abu Srour is not just a witness of his personal life but a witness to one of the major tragedies of our times." --Amara Lakhous, author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio "In contemplating the meaning of freedom, and the prison walls enclosing him, Nasser Abu Srour has produced a richly emotional and affecting memoir. His poetic prose, lyrically translated by Luke Leafgren, ranges far beyond physical confines to evoke steadfastness and universal human dignity, through the intellectual curiosity of a writer 'born into a family on the margins, living in a marginal place filled with marginal people.' Its resonance, and Abu Srour's vision, are far from marginal." --Matthew Teller, author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem "A stunning book. A poetic and remarkable account of decades of imprisonment and the effect it can have on the mind, body, and soul. This is a story of unimaginable loss, but also of survival." --Sally Hayden, author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned, "A unique, lyrical exploration of what his inhumane conFinement has taught him about resistance, love, lies, forgiveness, and the complicated struggle for liberation of his fractured, occupied land. Rather than allow the many walls surrounding him from childhood to break him down, he has turned them into darkly luminous companions on a journey into the heart of cruelty and redemption." --Ariel Dorfman, author of The Suicide Museum "An extraordinary memoir. Abu Srour is not just a witness of his personal life but a witness to one of the major tragedies of our times." --Amara Lakhous, author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
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The Tale of a Wall is a history book, an autobiography, a documentary, a love story, and a cry for justice written in flowing prose and modern poetry. It is written in two parts: the first is a rapid documentation of the early life of the author's father, 'cleansed' from his village and settled in what has become the Aida refugee camp, where he ultimately established a large family. The second part documents how, upon becoming a teenager in the time of the First Intifada, the author was captured, tortured, and forced to confess, after which he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. In his voyage through the many prisons of the occupation, he developed an existential strategy of resistance, establishing a center of gravity to be attracted to and converse with at the end of each day: the 'Wall,' the prison wall. Through these philosophical dialogues he documents the political events that led to the fracturing of Palestinian society and its resistance, and the depressing effect of that on the incarcerated. Composed in a style that evokes the existential angst of Sartre combined with the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, The Tale of a Wall brings this powerful Palestinian voice to English readers for the first time., A passionate prison memoir from a Palestinian man incarcerated for over 30 years in an Israeli prison--equal parts metaphysical love story and cry for justice "[A] kind of prose poem...that recalls the memoirs of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish"-- New York Times "Fierce and lyrical . . . a devastating testament to the power of hope, and of its loss."--Claire Messud One of more than 5,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons before October 7, 2023, Nasser Abu Srour was sentenced to life without parole in 1993 after a forced confession. His extraordinary writings delve into the history of the Nakba to the Intifada of the Stones, as he navigates life within the confines of an Israeli prison. But it is within the walls of his cell that this exceptional memoir takes an unexpected direction--Abu Srour turns the very Wall that has deprived him of freedom into his companion, his interlocutor. It becomes the source of stability that allows him to endure a chaotic, hopeless existence. The limitations of this survival strategy--and singular literary device--become painfully evident when falling in love causes Abu Srour to lose his grip on the Wall. Only by writing the story of his imprisonment and the story of his love does Abu Srour find his way back. In doing so, he has created a work of art that transcends his pain while shining a glaring light on the ongoing tragedy of the Palestinian situation.
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