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Can I read On the Hills of God : A Novel on EtoBox?
On the Hills of God : A Novel by Fawal, Ibrahim is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is On the Hills of God : A Novel about?
Winner of the PEN/Oakland Award for Literary Excellence On the Hills of God describes the year-long journey of a boy becoming a man, while all that he has known crumbles to ashes. The novel has been translated into German and Arabic and won the PEN Oakland Award for literary excellence. Critic Ishmael Reed calls it "a monumental book." This revised edition includes a new introduction. When we first encounter Palestinian Yousif Safi in June 1947, he is filled with hopes for his education abroad to study law, and with daydreams of his first love, the beautiful Salwa. But as the future of Palestine begins to look bleak due to the pressure on the United Nations from the international Zionist movement, Yousif is frustrated by his fellow Arabs' inability to thwart the Zionist encroachment and by his own inability to prevent the impending marriage of Salwa to an older suitor chosen by her parents. As Palestinians face the imminent establishment of Israel, Yousif resolves to face his own responsibilities of manhood. Despite the monumental odds against him, Yousif vows to win back both his loves—Salwa and Palestine—and create his world anew.
Who reads On the Hills of God : A Novel?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Fawal, Ibrahim
- Publisher
- NewSouth Books
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781588382047
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (57 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
