Sabra Zoo
Published on 8. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-84659-077-1 (ISBN)
Description
It is the summer of 1982 and Beirut is under siege. Eighteen-year-old Ivan's parents have just been evacuated from the city with other cadres of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Ivan stays on, interpreting for international medical volunteers in Sabra refugee camp by day, getting stoned with them at night, and working undercover for the PLO. Hoping to get closer to Eli, a Norwegian physiotherapist, he helps her treat the belligerent Youssef, a camp orphan disabled by a cluster bomb. But events take a nasty turn when the president-elect is assassinated. The Israeli army enters Beirut and surrounds the camp, with Eli and Youssef trapped inside. Can Ivan, unable to enter the camp, salvage anything from the chaos?
Reviews / Votes
"'Beautifully told, ambitious and important, this is a debut with something to say.' Ronan Bennett"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Saqi Books
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84659-077-1 (9781846590771)
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Person
Of English and Palestinian parentage, Mischa Hiller was born in 1962 and grew up in Durham, London, Beirut and Dar El-Salaam. He was a semifinalist in the 2007 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and winner of the 2009 European Independent Film Festival script competition for his adaptation of Sabra Zoo. He lives in Cambridge. Sabra Zoo is his first novel.