TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zaqtan,Ghassan 
AU  - Samuel Wilder (tr.)
TI  - WHERE THE BIRD DISAPPEARED
SN  - 9780857425423
U1  - F 
PY  - 2018////01/01
CY  - London
PB  - Seagull
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Zakarīyā (Palestine) -- Fiction
KW  - Arabic fiction -- 21st century -- Translations into English
KW  - Arabic fiction
N1  - This lyrical novel, set in the surroundings of the Palestinian village of Zakariyya, weaves a narrative rich in sensory detail yet troubled by the porousness of memory. It tells the story of the relationship between two figures of deep mythical resonance in the region, Yahya and Zakariyya, figures who live in the present but bear the names—and many traits—of two saints. Ranging from today into back to pre-1948 Palestine, the book presents both a compelling portrait of a contemporary village and a sacred geography that lies beyond and beneath the present state of the world. Sensual, rich in allusion, yet at the same time focused on the struggles of today, Where the Bird Disappeared is a powerful novel of both connection and dispossession
ER  -