![]() ![]() In the end, the readers realize that true stories are never found in history, but rather in the silence history tries to foist on us. The second part of this novel is a narration of one woman’s search for what exactly went down in the life of the murdered girl, that has been left undocumented by history. Instead, she pens another female character, who years later becomes obsessed with the death of the girl. ![]() She has amplified the silence surrounding the crime of the rape and murder of a young girl by Israeli soldiers by making no attempt at speaking on her behalf or giving her a voice. Shibli has captured the silence of history in the face of women’s oppression. ![]() Just like Scheherazade’s silence would have proved disastrous for her in The Arabian Nights, the silence forced upon the citizens of Palestine is destructive and venomous. A novel with minimal dialogue, Shibli talks about a silence that shapes the contours of the land and dictates the conditions of Israeli occupation in Palestine. Minor Detail Adania Shibli New Directions Publishing, Fiction - 144 pages 2 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. The methodical violence and unrelentingly void of emotion make the novel all the more brutal. Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, combines silence and movement. Description and detachment are vividly portrayed in Adania Shiblis chilling novel, Minor Detail Yet the scene swiftly escalates to reveal gruesome domination culminating in murder and an unmarked grave. ![]()
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