Description
This novel is one of six parts of the Palestinian Comedy series published by the Palestinian poet and writer, which re-enacts the pulse of Palestinian life, immortalizing it and keeping it alive in the memory of generations, no matter how many years pass.
With a satirical style and through storytelling, the writer weaves his narrative tapestry, recording the details of daily life in the world before the Palestinian Nakba, documenting its historical events and figures, and breathing life into the characteristics of this era, inviting the reader to feel and sense the pulse and spirit of things. The narrative style employed by the novelist leaves the reader free to draw their own conclusions. Through the framework of the seven lessons that the child protagonist learns, which encompass the fundamental meanings of his life and the prevailing values that must be followed, and through the relationship that develops between him and the British colonel, the worldview of that era, which constituted a pivotal turning point in the history of Palestine and the Arab world, becomes clearer and broader. “The soldiers will not know what really happened in the war until they return home,” for on the battlefield, priorities shift, and the status quo becomes the most prominent victor, but the bitter taste of the consequences comes later. Much of the novel’s events take place during World War II, but it explores its impact on people, individuals, and situations. It is not a history of the political event, the catastrophe, and the defeat, but rather a chronicle of what happened to humanity and the stories shaped by the interaction between them.
An elegant and thoughtful novel, it radiates poetry, irony, and emotion from a time before the wounds of the catastrophe and defeat still bleed, and stories that vividly recall a reality that teetered on the brink of both.
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