Description
“A Minor Detail” by Palestinian author Adania Shibli is a novel about the rape and murder of a Palestinian Bedouin girl in the Negev Desert in 1949 by Israeli soldiers. The novel intersects in two parts; the first part presents the details of the incident from the soldiers’ perspective, while the second part follows a contemporary Palestinian woman as she attempts to uncover the circumstances of the incident five decades later. The novel is known for its cold, realistic, slogan-free style and its focus on “minor details” that are often neglected in grand historical narratives.
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