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The Secret Life of Saeed The Pessoptimist

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Secret Life of Saeed The Pessoptimist

By Emile Habiby

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About the book

This contemporary classic, the story of a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, combines fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy. Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel. An informer for the Zionist state, his stupidity, candor, and cowardice make him more of a victim than a villain; but in a series of tragicomic episodes, he is gradually transf...Show more

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ISBN

9781566564151

Publisher

Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Secret Life of Saeed The Pessoptimist

Format

Paperback

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