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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Palestine's greatest prose writer' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Shehadeh is a great inquiring spirit with a tone that is vivid, ironic, melancholy and wise' Colm TóibÃn\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBattered by repeated suicide bombs, the Israeli army invaded Palestine in April 2002 and held many of the principal towns, including Ramallah, under siege. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh's road; there were Israeli soldiers on the rooftops; his mother was sick, and he couldn't cross town to help her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShehadeh - winner of the 2008 Orwell Prize and a finalist for the 2023 National Book Awards - kept a diary. This is an account of what it is like to be under siege: the terror, the frustrations, as well as the moments of poignant relief and reflection on the profound crisis gripping both Palestine and Israel.\u003c/p\u003e |
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