Beschreibung:
A look at life in contemporary Palestine through the lens of its literary culture. Using the form of a political-literary travelogue, Di Cintio explores what literature means to modern Palestinians and how Palestinians make sense of the conflict between a rich imaginative life and the daily tedium and violence of survival.
Introduction The Girl in the Green Dress1 The Homeland Is Where None of This Can Happen
2 Whenever My Sore Heart Gets Hungry
3 To Breathe Life into a Name
4 I Do Not Have an Account in the Bank of Wars
5 If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You Are Alive
6 She Is Oranges That Explode
Conclusion Her Name Is Maram
Reading List
Acknowledgments