Golda slept here
By: Suad Amiry
Publisher: Bin Khalifa University Press, Hamad
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9789927101465
Subjects: Politics and government; Palestinian Arabs; Arab-Israeli conflict; Social conditions; Confiscations and contributions; Emigration and immigration; Enemy property; Housing; Confiscations
Description: Politics enters the lives of every family in Palestine. In this literary-historical tour de force, Suad Amiry traces the lives of individual members of Palestinian families and, through them, the histories of both Palestine and the emigre Palestinian community in other countries of the Middle East. Amiry mixes nostalgia with anger while mocking Israeli doublespeak that seeks to wipe out any trace of a Palestinian past in West Jerusalem. She juxtaposes serial bombardments and personal tragedies; evokes the sights and smells of Palestinian architecture and food; and weaves for us the tapestry that is the Palestinian reality, caught between official histories and private memories. Through poetry and prose, monologue and dialog, we glimpse the lost Palestinian landscape, obscured by the silent battle between remembering and forgetting.
Table of contents: title: Part one. Suad : remembering and forgetting. They missed Mama's cooking; title: Part two. Andoni : a master builder's passion. The smile ; Museum of Tolerance and Co-existence; title: Part three. Huda. Golda slept here ; Whose house is this? ; Mother and child ; Husband and wife ; Jealousy was only to be expected ; Photo albums ; The visit; title: A dream house; title: The prison; title: The Iraqi officer; title: Part four. Elie : a bird's-eye view. A businessman from Tel Aviv; title: Part five. Homage to my mother-in-law : 1911-2005. That very moment; title: The never-ending chapter.