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Second Person Singular (2010)

by Sayed Kashua(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802120199 (ISBN13: 9780802120199)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Grove Press

review 1: Probably the most interesting and most compelling novel I have read this year. Sayed Kashua is an Arab Israeli author who writes in Hebraic. And while we hear and see lots of news on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict what do we really know about the every-day life of people on those territories?This novel features a very thrilling plot mixed with many details of what it means to be an Arab in Israel. And you understand how hellish it must be to cope with a religious identity for the rest of your life.Recently Sayed Kashua has decided to fly away from Jerusalem and settle down in the States declaring that life in Jerusalem has become too unfair for everyone: Arabs, Jews and Christians. I remember when I was a child and imagined that that city really was a holy site and that... more even the air smelled of sacred peace. People should never identify in religion and/or ethnic status. With this gripping novel Sayed Kashua makes it clear very effectively.
review 2: Gripping narrative and some very interesting ideas on Arab-Jewish societies co-existing, forcibly most of the time, and a sharp criticism of each side, in an extremely compelling plot. Kashua skewers almost everything that could ever be criticized: religion, lifestyle, morals, among many others. I read this for a class, and really --really-- liked it -- especially the ending. Relatively easy language, OK translation. less

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