Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel

by David Grossman

Book Overview

Israel: Jewish state and national homeland to Jews the world over. But a fifth of its population is Arab, a people who feel themselves to be an inseparable part of the Arab nation, most of which is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374177880
• ISBN13: 9780374177881
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Compelling

This is one of the best books on the subject. It is an entirely unique perspective on the conflict in the middle east, the perpective of the individual people who live there and try to make their lives work. I had to read it for a class on Terrorism over a decade ago in college, and I still reread it, and recommend it to others to read. A very important book.

Fresh and Sensitive View of An Old Feud

David Grossman is an eminent -- if not the best -- current writer in the Hebrew language. In the present book he sets to explore the problems of Palestinians who are citizens of Israel, usually a lesser known aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to people living outside the region. Written in the form of conversations with ordinary Israeli-Arabs intertwined with his perceptive and honest reflections as an Israeli Jew, the book gives a sensitive and fresh view of the issue and an alternative to trite journalistic reporting. Although he paints a picture which may be discouraging, Grossman carefully outlines an optimistic path for a better future.