{"product_id":"men-in-the-sun-ghassan-kanafani-9781804298589","title":"Men in the Sun","description":"First published in 1962, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Men in the Sun\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is both a classic of Arab literature, and of what Kanafani himself would term 'resistance literature'.  \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Three 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;As well as the titular novella, the book features six short stories, including the timelessly resonant  'Letter From Gaza' , Kanafani's first published work, written when he twenty, and the essential 'The Land of Sad Oranges'.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51279534883104,"sku":"9781804298589","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781804298589.jpg?v=1780686309","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/men-in-the-sun-ghassan-kanafani-9781804298589","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}