Book by Bashir Abu-Manneh offers a critical study of the Palestinian novel in Arabic and English from the 1948 Nakba to the present, examining how fiction has served as a primary vehicle for Palestinian memory, identity, and political imagination. Abu-Manneh analyzes major Palestinian novelists, including Ghassan Kanafani, Emile Habiby, and Elias Khoury, tracing how the form has evolved in response to successive political crises. An essential guide to Palestinian literary history. Essential for literary scholars and students of Arabic literature studying the Palestinian novel from 1948 to the present, a comprehensive critical guide to the major figures and texts of Palestinian fiction.
