This was gripping, haunting, painful, and beautiful. There are subjects that are brutal, but what actually affected me most was the love Alaa’s grandmother had for Jaffa, how she still saw its beauty, what she lost to live and die there as a refugee in her homeland. #book #thebookofdisappearance
4. The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem -
Such a powerful book. Makes you forget you’re holding your breath.
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Not sure jumping from that book to this is the best idea, but here we are.
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Cover of a book, the background is off-white and has the following text in black: The Book of Disappearance Ibtisam Azem & ¶ My mother put on mismatched shoes and ran out of the house. Her curly hair was tied back with a black band. The edge of her white shirt hung over her gray skirt. Fear inhabited her face. making her blue eyes seem bigger. She looked crazed as she roamed the streets of Ajami, searching for my grand mother. Rushing. as if trying to catch up with herself. I followed her out. When she heard my footsteps. she looked back and gestured with her broomstick-thin arm: go back! Translated by Sinan Antoon
It is always a pleasure to get post from @athenaeum.nl 🤩 There is another edition of #TheBookOfDisappearance but the one from @andotherstories.bsky.social has the best cover.
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Ibtisam Azem’in Int’l Booker Prize 2025 adayları arasına giren #TheBookofDisappearance romanı üzerine, K24’teki #FilistinEdebiyatı dosyamızdan:
“Azem’inki azımsanacak bir buluş değil; sorulara, ihtimallere, romanın kendisinde tüketilmeyen geniş bir alan açıyor…”
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Today’s #readingrecommendation for #readpalestineweek is this stunning, haunting novel by Ibtisam Azem. Exquisitely translated, #TheBookofDisappearance will linger on in your mind and heart
As all Palestinians mysteriously vanish, all the fissures at the heart of Israeli/Gaza/West Bank society are revealed.
Read an extract from Ibtisam Azem's haunting and provocative novel #TheBookofDisappearance
💙📚📖 #booksky #litmags #bookblogger #WritingCommunity
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