Second Person Singular

from Litfan

This novel is incredibly well-written, with a well-balanced blend of wry humor, suspense, and profound depth. Set in Israel, it begins with an Arab attorney discovering a used book with a note inside, written in his wife's handwriting to a Yontan. Stunned and suspicious, the lawyer embarks on a s...

from SqueakyChu

This is an amazing story. It's a bit convoluted, but it has to be that way for it to work. The story is of the intersection of lives of Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews, but it's told in an excruciatingly detailed way to show how nuanced that relationship truly is. The protagonist of the story, a n...

from RidgewayGirl

Second Person Singular by Palestinian-Israeli author Sayed Kashua, tells the story of two men, both Arabs, living in Jerusalem. Superficially, they have similar histories; they both come from small villages and they both came to Jerusalem to go to university and stayed afterward. One man became a...

from brenzi

I'm not sure how I heard about this book but it turned out to be quite the page turner. Gripping doesn't begin to cover it. I had very little knowledge about the lives of Palestinians living in Jerusalem, where they are looked down on and regarded as less as a people. They have to learn the ins a...

from mkboylan

I am SO glad I read this book.  It has given me still another perspective that I had not previously been much aware of.   I've read a little (very little) about Palestine/Israel relationships, but most of that had been written by people who took a strong stance one way or the other.  This novel i...