In Search of Walid Masoud
A Novel
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Syracuse University Press
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When Palestinian intellectual, Walid Masoud disappears, suspicion arises that he may have gone underground as part of a political movement. Masoud leaves behind a lengthy tape recording which is transcribed by each of his comrades in a series of monologues narrating their own experiences.
Beautifully fashioned, unusual, and richly satisfying. Jabra's characters, like Simone de Beauvoir's set in Paris, or New York intellectuals of the 1950s, thrive on brilliant rationalizations of their own narcissism, while the humanism they affect is doomed to political impotence. The perspective this novel offers not only on the problem of Palestine but also on the Arab world is a revelation.
ISBN: 9780815606468
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 567g
304 pages