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A review by samahcanread__
Touch by Adania Shibli
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
Adania's writing is fluid as a river, flowing through you and carrying you to the next sentence in a seamless manner.
the story is about a young palestinian girl's life and instances in her daily life through her eyes. she experiences love, attends a funeral, sees a hanged man, but doesn't grasp fully the depth of the things she's witnessing. her innocence and naive look on life makes us pause and reflect on the effects of trauma inflected on little kids and how they are trying to understand it with their limited language and undeveloped skills.
very short novella that can be read in a day, which is what i did.
the story is about a young palestinian girl's life and instances in her daily life through her eyes. she experiences love, attends a funeral, sees a hanged man, but doesn't grasp fully the depth of the things she's witnessing. her innocence and naive look on life makes us pause and reflect on the effects of trauma inflected on little kids and how they are trying to understand it with their limited language and undeveloped skills.
very short novella that can be read in a day, which is what i did.