A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Resumen del libro

Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this when facts have become weapons in this seemingly endless conflict, this is a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history' ObserverA gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collisionMilad 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.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 ultraOrthodox emergency service workers and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy.A Day in the Life of Abed Salama 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.

Biografía del autor

Nathan Thrall és periodista. Ha treballat i publicat articles i reportatges a Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Democracy Now!, The Economist, Financial Times, The Guardian, PRI, Reuters, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, London Review of Books i The New York Review of Books, entre dx{0026} x02019;altres. Les seves peces periodístiques han estat traduïdes a més dx{0026} x02019;una dotzena dx{0026} x02019;idiomes. És autor de The only language they understand: Forcing compromise in Israel and Palestine i dx{0026} x02019;Un dia a la vida de lx{0026} x02019;Abed Salama, que ha estat considerat un dels millors llibres del 2023 per The New Yorker, Time, The Economist, The New Republic i Financial Times. Ha treballat durant més dx{0026} x02019;una dècada per a lx{0026} x02019;International Crisis Group, concretament al Programa per a lx{0026} x02019;Orient Mitjà i el Nord dx{0026} x02019;Àfrica, i també ha exercit de professor al Bard College. Està considerat un dels analistes més contundents i lúcids que treballen sobre el conflicte Israel-Palestina. En lx{0026} x02019;actualitat viu a Jerusalem amb la seva família.