Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation
Written by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman
Narrated by Fred Sanders and Gabra Zackman
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About this audiobook
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have teamed up with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence—an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there—and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories.
Kingdom of Olives and Ash includes contributions from several of today’s most esteemed storytellers including: Colum McCann, Jacqueline Woodson, Colm Toibin, Geraldine Brooks, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru, Raja Shehadeh, Mario Vargas Llosa and Assaf Gavron, as well as from editors Chabon and Waldman. Through these incisive, perceptive, and poignant essays, readers will gain unique insight into the narratives behind the litany of grim destruction broadcasted nightly on the news, as well as deeper understanding of the conflict as experienced by the people who live in the occupied territories. Together, these stories stand witness to the human cost of the occupation.
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Moonglow and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, among many others. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We need more light about this appaling reality most of the world has been groomed to ignore and even support and laud!! What's wrong with us?? 8 years ago I started asking questions and listening to Israeli Jews exposing and denouncing the daily horrors done in their names, in the name of all Jews everywhere, and it was a serious wake-up call. They confirm what I had heard from Palestinians but never dared believe due to the anti-Palestinian propaganda. It's all upside-down, this thing.