{"product_id":"9781802060041","title":"A Day in the Life of Abed Salama : A Palestine Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE \n\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ... a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary lives trapped in the jaws of history' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMilad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits: his bus is involved in a horrific accident. His father, Abed, rushes to the chaotic site, only to find Milad has already been taken away. Abed sets off on a journey to learn Milad's fate, navigating a maze of physical, emotional, and bureaucratic obstacles he must face as a Palestinian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with Abed's odyssey are the stories of Jewish and Palestinian characters whose lives and pasts unexpectedly converge: a kindergarten teacher and a mechanic who rescue children from the burning bus; an Israeli army commander and a Palestinian official who confront the aftermath at the scene of the crash; a settler paramedic; ultra-Orthodox emergency service workers; and two mothers who each hope to claim one severely injured boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Day in the Life of Abed Salama is a deeply immersive, stunningly detailed portrait of life in Israel and Palestine, and an illumination of the reality of one of the most contested places on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA TIME, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48227131982059,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":41.23,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781802060041-1.jpg?v=1781705204","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781802060041","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}