{"product_id":"men-in-the-sun-by-ghassan-kanafani-9781804298589","title":"Men in the Sun","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1962, \u003ci\u003eMen in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is both a classic of Arab literature and what Kanafani himself would term 'resistance literature'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree Palestinian men embark on a brutal and treacherous odyssey across the Iraqi desert to Kuwait, not for liberation but material betterment. Their driver, a jaded, fat, former freedom fighter, living with his own compromises and contradictions, makes for a garrulous, if cavalier, companion. Both the indifferent brutality of border bureaucracy and the blank aggression of the sun see that things grow steadily more stark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author's ardent politics are apparent throughout, but the novel's characters are their own beings: ambivalent, conflicted creatures of context. While breezily conversational, with disarming, dreamy strokes of lyricism, this short novel delivers a shuddering and grounding dose of true horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as the titular novella, the book features six short stories, including the timelessly resonant \u003cem\u003eLetter From Gaza\u003c\/em\u003e, Kanafani's first published work, written when he was twenty, and the essential \u003cem\u003eThe Land of Sad Oranges\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340916998380,"sku":"9781804298589","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7b8e3fdc97e070e5d85fa657014e5271.jpg?v=1772190566","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/men-in-the-sun-by-ghassan-kanafani-9781804298589","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}