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'...at the core of this elegant, angry novel is the impossibility of disentangling the personal from the political for a couple 'too late to be unprecedented . . . too early to become just another relationship between two people from two different backgrounds' .' Alyssa McDonald --The New Statesman
'...a provocative and challenging work.' Akin Ajayi --Times Literary Supplement
'...a provocative and challenging work.' Akin Ajayi --Times Literary Supplement
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In London a couple meet at a party. She is Israeli and he Palestinian. Both are here to escape the politics of their countries and both want to be alone. Despite that, their relationship develops and inevitably they have to confront the politics that, in principle, separates them. Can their relationship survive? A clever, well-paced novel.
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Life Mirrors Politics or Politics Mirrors Life,
By Sofia (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Treaty of Love (Hardcover)
Set in London, Palestinian Ibrahim and Israeli Ruth meet at a party following the historic handshake between Yassar Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin at a time when peace between their two nations looks possible. Ruth and Ibrahim are both in London to escape the politics of their native peoples but their lives are still saturated by it. Can an Israeli-Palestinian love-affair run the distance? Is peace between these two most implacable of enemies remotely possible?
Written by Palestinian El-Youssef, "A Treaty of Love" is simply a brilliant book. It takes a good long look at the politics of 'the Palestinian question' and transposes it onto two individuals. The novel is well-paced, well-structured, well-ordered and well-thought. The story keeps you reading to find out what happens next while simultaneously teaching you about how both Israelis and Palestinians view their people and the politics of their region. Both Ibrahim and Ruth are well-drawn, wholly absorbing characters, both equally touched and scarred by the history of violence in the Middle East. This novel has both the best portrayal of the intricacies of a growing relationship, as well as the most sympathetic understanding of how broader political conflict can chip away at individual hope. This is a truly outstanding book; I would recommend it for the writing and story alone, but it is also a valuable book for its personal interpretation of the political. Brilliant.
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