A Land Without Borders

My Journey Around East Jerusalem and the West Bank

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Pub Date 18 Apr 2017 | Archive Date 14 Mar 2017
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"From horror to fatigue to indifference, an important look forward and back that provides a grass-roots sense... An honest and troubling snapshot of Israel—both Palestinian and Israeli—that reveals the creeping realization that a two-state solution may no longer be possible."—Kirkus (starred review)

Throughout their youth Nir Baram’s generation were bombarded with news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—the injustices, the wrongdoings, the killings. Over the decades, the horror and despair had become habit—he noticed people had begun to give up on the possibility of resolution. Yet, as Baram notes, ‘the vast majority of Israelis—as well as international onlookers— know next to nothing about life on the West Bank, the area at the heart of the conflict they have spent their adult lives dissecting’. Most have never visited the occupied territories, and thus ‘the debate revolves around a theoretical, ill-defined area sketched out in our political imagination.’

This book of reportage emerged from the author’s realization that Israel is separated from the West Bank not only by checkpoints but also, more significantly, by a cognitive barrier. And so began his quest to understand the occupation from both sides. The result is an essential and nuanced journey through places and experiences that receive little coverage.

Baram, widely considered one of the most important intellectual voices in Israel today, faces painful challenges to his personal political views and his hopes for a more peaceful future.

Nir Baram has worked as a journalist, editor, and advocate for Palestinian rights. He is the author of five novels in Hebrew. In 2010 he received the Prime Minister’s Award for Hebrew Literature.


"From horror to fatigue to indifference, an important look forward and back that provides a grass-roots sense... An honest and troubling snapshot of Israel—both Palestinian and Israeli—that...


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UK release on 27 April, £12.99

UK release on 27 April, £12.99


Advance Praise

PRAISE FOR NIR BARAM

‘One of the most intriguing writers in Israeli literature today.’—Haaretz

‘A book that is a fascinating and charged document about the meaning of home, security and freedom, on both sides of the divide.’—NRG

‘Written with great talent, momentum and ingenuity…it expands the borders of literature to reveal new landscapes.’—Amos Oz

Good People rewards the reader’s patience while mining a tragic sense of irony that extends all the way to its title.’—The Big Issue

‘Baram uses intense geographical plotting and is chillingly eloquent…[Good People] is tremendous. I read it in two sittings and I learned a lot.’—The Australian

Good People is a richly textured panorama of German and Russian life…This ample novel lives most memorably through Baram’s vignettes of people, dwellings, cities, landscapes and the like that seem to lie, at times, at the periphery of its central concerns.’—Sydney Morning Herald

‘A groundbreaker…Riveting reading.’—Qantas Magazine on Good People

‘Precise and evocative, Good People is a riveting glimpse into a different place and a different time.’—Canberra Weekly

‘Astonishingly powerful…[A] compelling, important story.’—New Zealand Listener on Good People

PRAISE FOR NIR BARAM

‘One of the most intriguing writers in Israeli literature today.’—Haaretz

‘A book that is a fascinating and charged document about the meaning of home, security and freedom, on...


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