WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEA deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank The Best Books to Understand the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict, Financial TimesBrims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ... a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history ObserverA gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collisionMilad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milads fate, navigating a maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian.Interwoven with Abeds odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash a settler paramedic ultraOrthodox emergency service workers and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy.A Day in the Life of Abed Salama is a deeply immersive,...

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: DNJ; Weight: 326 g; Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 19

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