Name: Men in the Sun. And Other Palestinian Stories
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Author: Ghassan Kanafani;Hilary Kilpatrick
ISBN: 9781804298589

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Men in the Sun. And Other Palestinian Stories

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Verso Books

Author

Ghassan Kanafani;Hilary Kilpatrick

Collection

Verso Editions

Year

2025

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

12.80 x 19.80 x 1.10 cm

ISBN13

9781804298589

Men in the Sun. And Other Palestinian Stories

Ghassan Kanafani;Hilary Kilpatrick (Author) · Verso Books · Paperback

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Synopsis "Men in the Sun. And Other Palestinian Stories"

A classic of Arabic fiction and of what Kanafani termed 'resistance literature'

First published in 1962, Men in the Sun is both a classic of Arab literature, and of what Kanafani himself would term 'resistance literature'.

Three Palestinian men embark on a brutal and treacherous odyssey across the Iraqi desert to Kuwait, not for liberation but material betterment. Their driver, a jaded, fat, former freedom fighter, living with his own compromises and contradictions, makes for a garrulous if cavalier companion. Both the indifferent brutality of border bureaucracy and the blank aggression of the sun see that things grow steadily more stark.

The author's ardent politics are apparent throughout, but the novel's characters are their own beings: ambivalent, conflicted creatures of context. While breezily conversational, with disarming, dreamy strokes of lyricism, this short novel delivers a shuddering and grounding dose of true horror.

As well as the titular novella, the book features six short stories, including the timelessly resonant 'Letter From Gaza' , Kanafani's first published work, written when he twenty, and the essential 'The Land of Sad Oranges'.