In the Cemetery of the Orange Trees
Wilkes-Barre, PA : Etruscan Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 184 pages ; 23 cm
"Jeff Talarigo offers a rare glimpse and alternative point of view into a place few people have dared to visit: the Gaza Strip. These linked stories expose the seven-decade-long Palestinian diaspora in a disquieting allegory of the clash between the occupied and the occupier. In 1993, Talarigo watched two Palestinian boys playing with an injured bird with a string around its neck. The boys tossed the bird into the air, waiting for it to fly before the string ran out, and the bird fell into the boys' hands. For nearly a year, the author carried this image with him before he wrote a story about the bird. This story became his first published piece of fiction about his Gaza journey. Jeff Talarigo is the author of two novels: The Pearl Diver and The Ginseng Hunter. He has lived in Gaza and Japan, and currently resides in Oakland, California"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
So that we never forget -- A two cigarette story -- The night guardian of the goat -- A three cigarette story -- The boy who sold martyrs -- A four cigarette story -- My father, the mole -- Border shearing -- As far as one can go.
ISBN:
9780997745542
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Talarigo | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |