Book description
These fascinating and diverse stories reflect the everyday concerns
of Palestinians living under occupation. Writers who were children
during the first intifada appear alongside those who remember the
outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. They offer compassionate, often
critical, insight into their society in times of hardship and turmoil,
drawing upon the warmth of human relations and the hope that better
times will come. Qissat is a rare showcase of Palestinian women
writers across generations and places, including Gaza, Ramallah, the
United States and the Gulf. Raw and honest ... lyrical and
beautifully written' Sunday Times Layered, haunting, sensuously rich'
The Times In turn lyrical, sensuous, comic and ironic ... it is the
quality of subtle, evocative writing here that makes Qissat
remarkable.' Independent
'Raw and honest ... lyrical and beautifully written' Sunday Times
'Layered, haunting, sensuously rich' The Times 'In turn lyrical,
sensuous, comic and ironic ... it is the quality of subtle, evocative
writing here that makes Qissat remarkable.' Independent Jo Glanville
is Director of English PEN and former award-winning editor of Index on
Censorship. As a BBC current affairs producer, she made a number of
documentaries focusing on the Middle East and has also written widely on
the region.
