Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel

by David Grossman

Book Overview

Based on conversations with Palestinians in Israel, David Grossman's Sleeping on a Wire, like The Yellow Wind, is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Middle East today.

Israel describes itself as a Jewish state. What, then, is the status of the one-fifth of its citizens who are not Jewish? Are they Israelis, or are they Palestinians? Or are they a people without a country? How will a Palestinian state--if...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312420978
• ISBN13: 9780312420970
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Compelling

This is one of the best books on the subject. It is an entirely unique perspective on the conflict in the middle east, the perpective of the individual people who live there and try to make their lives work. I had to read it for a class on Terrorism over a decade ago in college, and I still reread it, and recommend it to others to read. A very important book.

Fresh and Sensitive View of An Old Feud

David Grossman is an eminent -- if not the best -- current writer in the Hebrew language. In the present book he sets to explore the problems of Palestinians who are citizens of Israel, usually a lesser known aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to people living outside the region. Written in the form of conversations with ordinary Israeli-Arabs intertwined with his perceptive and honest reflections as an Israeli Jew, the book gives a sensitive and fresh view of the issue and an alternative to trite journalistic reporting. Although he paints a picture which may be discouraging, Grossman carefully outlines an optimistic path for a better future.