Atef Abu Saif
Autore di The Drone Eats With Me
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/atef-abu-saif
Opere di Atef Abu Saif
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- Sesso
- male
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 117
- Popolarità
- #168,597
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 27
- ISBN
- 5
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1
Like any first hand retelling of a life during war, this tale paints vivid pictures of a life under siege most of us would rather not have to contemplate. The manner in which the Israelis attack Gaza leaves its inhabitants guessing everything about their existence: where to get food? Is there food to be gotten? Should I remain in my home? Where in my home is safe in the event of a rocket? Is the refugee center even safe?
Drones, tanks, ships and F16s all batter the city taking with it thousands of lives and the buildings that make the city itself. The book can be repetitive at points; this is both a strength and weakness. The repetitious telling of attacks and the loss of life numbs you to it for a while; however the repetition becomes a strength when you see the footnotes on each page which list the names of those killed in each attack, giving humanity to the dead, not reducing them to mere statistics. The author has a great passage on how the constant news coverage simply focuses on the number of those killed in each attack, turning say 3 families killed by a rocket, into 16 fatalities. The author's goal is to prevent himself and his family from becoming numbers.
In addition to the loss of life, the author forces the reader to share in his daily dilemmas such as how to explain to your children what is happening (and that they will be safe, knowing they could be taken from this world at any moment) as well as conserving water, hoping for electricity, etc.
The Drone Eats with Me paints a vivid picture many of us do not have to imagine: a city under siege in which the remaining buildings echo the constant humming of the various drones always flying over everyone.… (altro)