a novel McCann, Colum 1965- creator author. text Political fiction. nyu 2020 monographic eng

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463 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of intractable conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to take to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend. Theirs is a life in which children from both sides of the wall throw stones at one another. But their worlds shift irreparably when ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet meant to quell unruly crowds, and again when thirteen-year-old Smadar becomes the victim of suicide bombers. When Bassam and Rami learn one another's stories and the loss that connects them, they become part of a much larger tale that ranges over centuries and continents. Apeirogon is a novel that balances on the knife edge of fiction and nonfiction. Bassam and Rami are real men and their actual words are a part of this narrative, one that builds through thousands of moments and images into one grand, unforgettable crescendo"-- Colum McCann. a-is--- Jewish-Arab relations Fiction Palestinian Arabs Fiction Israelis Fiction PR6063.C335 A65 2020 823.914 MCC/A McCann, Colum, New York : Random House, 2020. (DLC) 2019022849 9781526607898 9780812981933 9781400069606 2019022848 DLC 190614 20231007152649.0 21019676 eng