Magical realism books from Palestine
Recommended magical realism books (2)
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If you are into magical realism here are some magical realism books from Palestine for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Thyme Travellers : An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction by Sonia Sulaiman EN
Description:
Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora’s best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and here each story is a portal into realms of history, folklore and futures. A man stands on the shore waiting to commune with those who live in the ocean. Pilgrims stretch into the distance, passing a stone cairn with a mysterious light streaming from it. Two Australian women fervently dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim in the sea until they drown, still unconcerned. A father and son struggle to connect over the AI ... continue
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Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat EN
Description:
Young love, meddling aunts, heart-to-hearts with friends real and imagined, Philistia's world is that of an ordinary student. Except in Palestine, and with your father in jail, nothing is ordinary.