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Samir El-Youssef

    Samir El-Youssef je palestínsky spisovateľ známy svojou novinárskou a románovou tvorbou. Jeho písanie často skúma témy súvisiace s Blízkym východom, odrážajúc jeho pozadie a skúsenosti. El-Youssefovo odhodlanie pre mier a slobodu prejavu bolo ocenené, čím sa zaradil medzi významné hlasy súčasnej literatúry.

    Gaza Blues
    THE ILLUSION OF RETURN
    • Gaza Blues

      • 140 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania
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      These two new voices from Israel and Palestine have no common political agenda (they don't talk about politics to each other), but share a stated desire to make the conflict more complex for their readers. Complex as human life is complex: maddening, contradictory, filled with conflicting emotions, weaknesses, dreams, failings. For those who have not travelled to this region, your only recourse is literature, which addresses why the conflict is so intractable and why the dehumanisation of the enemy through slogans makes the desired resolution so impossible. The wit, daring, and sheer bloody-minded audacity of these marvellous stories makes it, for me, the book of the year for anyone who prefers to listen to the voices of the people of this region instead of the sound of their own rhetoric.

      Gaza Blues