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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

Nathan Thrall

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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize and was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. 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. 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. 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.

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Publisher
Random House
Year
2023
ISBN-13
9781802060058
Genre
Politics & Current Affairs
Topics
Israeli-Palestinian conflictWest Bank lifeOccupation and bureaucracy

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