WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE <\/b><\/p>\n
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE <\/b>
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank’ The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,<\/i><\/b> Financial Times<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n
‘Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ? a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history’ Observer<\/i><\/p>\n
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision<\/b><\/p>\n
Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milad’s fate, navigating a maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian.<\/p>\n
Interwoven with Abed’s odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus; an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash; a settler paramedic; ultra-Orthodox emergency service workers; and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy.<\/p>\n
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama<\/i> is a deeply immersive, stunningly detailed portrait of life in Israel and Palestine, and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on earth.<\/p>\n
A TIME, NEW STATESMAN <\/i>AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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