Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba by Basma Ghalayini

Palestine +100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba

Basma Ghalayini with Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

224 pages | first published 2019

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Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers: what might your country look like in the year 2048 – a century after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the Nakba? How might this event – which, in 1948, saw the e...
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Summary of 55 reviews

Moods

reflective 83%
challenging 58%
sad 58%
dark 33%
emotional 25%
tense 25%
informative 16%
mysterious 16%
adventurous 8%
hopeful 8%

Pace

medium 76%
fast 15%
slow 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 44% | A mix: 33% | Character: 11% | N/A: 11%

Strong character development?

N/A: 44% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 22%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 37% | No: 12%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 50% | N/A: 37% | It's complicated: 12%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 37% | No: 37% | N/A: 25%

Average rating

3.61

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