City of Abraham : History, Myth and Memory: A Journey through Hebron

ISBN-13: 9780330420266 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 384 str.

Edward Platt

Opis

Through a mixture of reportage, travel writing and interviews, Edward Platt reconstructs the history of the city of Hebron, from its biblical past to its current incarnation.

Recenzje

'This thought-provoking book takes the reader from Biblical times to the divisions of the present day . . . With the impartial eyes of an outsider, and using a mixture of reportage, travel writing and interviews, Platt explores the history of the hill and the city . . . illuminating the lives at the heart of this intractable conflict.' Choice Magazine

O autorze

Edward Platt was born in 1968 and lives in London. His first book, Leadville, won a Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He is also the author of The Great Flood which explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain, and The City of Abraham, a journey through Hebron, the only place in the West Bank where Palestinians and Israelis lived side by side.