(Fiction, 227 pp. Hebrew, 2002; English translation, 2004)
This slyly subversive, semi-autobiographical account of Arab Israeli life recounts the story of a Palestinian boy who wins a prestigious scholarship to a Jewish high school but slips into listless malaise as an adult, despising himself, scorning his fellow Arabs, and resenting Jewish Israelis.
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- Review by Isabel Kershner, New York Times, January 7, 2008
- Review: Laila Lalami, June 2, 2004
- Review: Laila Lalami, Boston Review, September/October 2006
