Description
Set against the tense backdrop of the 2002 siege of Yasser Arafat’s headquarters, this novel follows a community pulled into resistance—fighters and civilians alike—where survival depends on courage, conscience, and fragile hope. Through intimate, humane storytelling, the book traces how ordinary people endure fear and moral uncertainty, revealing the inner lives of men, women, and children caught in the machinery of conflict. With Khalīfah’s lyrical attention to Palestinian colloquial speech and the natural world surrounding the siege, the setting becomes more than atmosphere: it is a living witness to loss, resilience, and the stubborn persistence of spring. Blending realism with tenderness, the novel explores themes of resistance, family and belonging, and the cost of political struggle on the human heart.
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paperback
Interlink
Published Oct 11, 2007
296 pages
ISBN: 9781566566810
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Details
First Published
2008
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The End of Spring by Sahar Khalifeh.