![]() The writing is simple, full of minor details, as the titles says. ![]() Now, two weeks after I finished I think I have a better idea but still I am not entirely sure what the attraction is. I was touched by the book, I thought it held power but I could not say why. She tries to find more details about what happened but she is forced to deal with all the limitations that are imposed by the Israelis towards Palestinians (border checks, basses, walls, suspicion).Īfter I finished, I closed my Kindle and stayed there silent and baffled. The 2nd part is written in 1st person and is the story of a young woman who becomes obsessed by the crime carried out many years before. The episode culminates with the discovery and murder of a group of unarmed nomadic Arabs and the rape and killing of the only female that was found with them. The first half describes a few days in the life of an Israeli platoon delegated to survey the Egyptian border soon after the proclamation of the state of Israel. The short novella is divided in two parts. The small press from London is probably my favorite right now and you will see me review a lot more books published by them this year because I decided to subscribe. Minor Detail is another intriguing entry in Fitzcarraldo catalogue of hits. The first half describes a few days in the life of an Israeli platoon delegated to survey the Egyptian border soon after the proclamation of the state of Israe Now Longlisted for Booker International Prize 2021 Now Longlisted for Booker International Prize 2021 3.5-4* Minor Detail is another intriguing entry in Fitzcarraldo catalogue of hits. A haunting meditation on war, violence and memory, Minor Detail cuts to the heart of the Palestinian experience of dispossession, life under occupation, and the persistent difficulty of piecing together a narrative in the face of ongoing erasure and disempowerment.more Many years later, a woman in Ramallah becomes fascinated to the point of obsession with this ‘minor detail’ of history. Israeli soldiers capture and rape a young Palestinian woman, and kill and bury her in the sand. Many years later, a wo Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 people – and the Israelis celebrate as the War of Independence. Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn as the Nakba – the catastrophe that led to the displacement and expulsion of more than 700,000 people – and the Israelis celebrate as the War of Independence.
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