The Secret Life Of Saeed: The Pessoptimist

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Synopsis
This contemporary classic, the story of a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, combines fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy. Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel. An informer for the Zionist state, his stupidity, candor, and cowardice make him more of a victim than a villain; but in a series of tragicomic episodes, he is gradually transformed from a disaster-haunted, gullible collaborator into a Palestinian -- no hero still, but a simple man intent on survival and, perhaps, happiness.
Copyright:
1985

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
170 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781566564151
Publisher:
Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Salma K. Jayyusi and Trevor LeGassick
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Deborah Murray
Proofread By:
Fatima Alsofayyan
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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