About the Book: Men in the Sun: And Other Palestinian Stories
A classic of Arabic fiction and of what Kanafani termed 'resistance literature
Three Palestinian men embark on a brutal and treacherous odyssey across the
Iraqi desert to Kuwait, not for liberation but material betterment. Under the
indifferent brutality of border bureaucracy and the blank aggression of the sun,
things grow increasingly oppressive. Breezily conversational and disarmingly
lyrical, this short novel delivers a shuddering dose of horror.
Collected here alongside the titular novella are six short stories, including
the timeless, resonant 'Letter from Gaza, Kanafanis first published work.
About the Author: Ghassan Kanafani
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