Description
| Product ID: | 9780863569807 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Pay No Heed to the Rockets |
| Subtitle: | Palestine in the Present Tense |
| Authors: | Author: Marcello Di Cintio |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary reference works, Political control and freedoms, Travel writing, Literary reference works, Political control & freedoms, Travel writing, Palestine |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An evocative blend of travel writing, politics and literature, offers a window into the contemporary Palestinian literary scene. Across Palestine, from the Allenby Bridge and Ramallah, to Jerusalem and Gaza, Marcello Di Cintio has met with writers, poets, librarians, booksellers and readers, finding extraordinary stories in every corner. Stories of how revolutionary writing is smuggled from the Naqab Prison, and about what it is like to write with only two hours of electricity each day. Stories from the Gallery Cafe, whose opening three thousand creative intellectuals gathered to celebrate; and the lost generations of stories contained within the looted books that sit in Israel''s National Library. Pay No Heed to the Rockets offers a window into the literary heritage of Palestine that transcends the narrow language of conflict, revealing a humanity often unreported. Paying homage to the memory of literary giants like Mahmoud Darwish and Ghassan Kanafani and the contemporary authors whom they continue to inspire, this evocative, lyrical journey shares both the anguish and inspiration of Palestine today. |
| Imprint Name: | Saqi Books |
| Publisher Name: | Saqi Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-01 |
