Where the Bird Disappeared
Translated by Samuel Wilder
Winner of the 2019 Palestine Book Awards Translation Prize
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 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
ISBN: 9780857425423 | Published: 1 October 2021 (first published 2016) | Hard cover | 96 pages
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