Three New Novels

In the February 3rd issue of The Economist I read an article entitled New Arab Fiction Exile is another country which recommended three new novels. The focus was on success, war, exile and grief. Here is an excerpt from the article and the three novels that were mentioned. I want to check them out and thought I would pass the information on. Enjoy!

WHO would be an Israeli Arab? A non-Jew in a Jewish state; a citizen with most, but not all, civil rights (it is almost impossible for Arabs to buy state-owned land); regarded with suspicion by many Jewish Israelis; envied, disliked, even labelled as traitors by Palestinians on the other side of the 1967 border: this is not a fate that many people would choose. …

Books:
Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua and Miriam Shlesinger

The Illusion of Return by Samir El-Youssef

Dreams of Water by Nada Awar Jarrar