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Minor Detail
by Adania Shibli
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I appreciate the subject matter and am deliberately seeking out books from a Palestinian perspective. However, it didn’t land for me, mainly because it was a conscious stream of consciousness, which stylistically isn’t to my taste. .
It reminded me of the Urghur memoir: Waiting To Be Arrested At Night. Slow, subtle, eerie… it depicts an ever-present apprehension and fear that something terrible could happen. Its important to share these stories and (personally speaking) makes for ann uncomfortable read. It is hard to comprehend how it must actually feel to live in such circumstances.
Part 1 from the Israeli soldier’s perspective was slow. The bite that is infected and the paranoia over the insects in his room - is that supposed to be a foreshadowing of the things to come with the Israeli settlement of Palestine?
Part 2 follows the journalist with an obsession over the ‘minor detail’ of history during the Nakba. The risks taken by the protagonist are seemingly unnecessary, as she eventually says herself, the expedition didn’t result in anything she couldn’t have found out on the internet from the safety of her home. It’s unsettling to follow her as she goes deeper and deeper across a border that she isn’t allowed to cross. But there must be a deep pull toward autonomy of movement that is hard to quell despite the known danger of such a journey.
Ultimately, I didn’t enjoy reading it. But I appreciate what it was trying to do.
It reminded me of the Urghur memoir: Waiting To Be Arrested At Night. Slow, subtle, eerie… it depicts an ever-present apprehension and fear that something terrible could happen. Its important to share these stories and (personally speaking) makes for ann uncomfortable read. It is hard to comprehend how it must actually feel to live in such circumstances.
Part 1 from the Israeli soldier’s perspective was slow. The bite that is infected and the paranoia over the insects in his room - is that supposed to be a foreshadowing of the things to come with the Israeli settlement of Palestine?
Part 2 follows the journalist with an obsession over the ‘minor detail’ of history during the Nakba. The risks taken by the protagonist are seemingly unnecessary, as she eventually says herself, the expedition didn’t result in anything she couldn’t have found out on the internet from the safety of her home. It’s unsettling to follow her as she goes deeper and deeper across a border that she isn’t allowed to cross. But there must be a deep pull toward autonomy of movement that is hard to quell despite the known danger of such a journey.
Ultimately, I didn’t enjoy reading it. But I appreciate what it was trying to do.