Michelle Cohen Corasanti is the Jewish American author of The Almond Tree, a novel that examines the plight of the Palestinians of Israel and Gaza through the eyes of a boy named Ichmad. Corasanti lived in Israel for seven years, where she attended the Hebrew University and saw the horrors and humiliations Palestinians are subjected to on a daily basis. · Corasanti's elaboration of history and fiction has created a touching narration which ensnares the reader from the first chapter Middle East Monitor Having just finished reading The Almond Tree by new author Michelle Cohen Corasanti, I can honestly state that it is one of the most riveting books I have read during the past several months. Corasanti takes a realistic premise and Brand: Garnet Publishing (UK) Ltd. The Almond Tree By Michelle Cohen Corasanthi Publisher: Garnet. Price: Rs With the Palestine-Israel conflict flaring up once again and a chunk of Gaza reduced to near-rubble status, Michelle Cohen Corasanti’s debut book The Almond Tree, launched in the US last month, focuses attention once again on the Palestine-Israel conflict/5.
The following is the author's response to Susan Abulhawa's review The Almond Tree: When novels distort legacies of struggle.. Also, below Michelle Cohen Corasanti's article we are publishing. The Almond Tree. By Michelle Cohen Corasanti, Garnet Publishing, , paperback, pp. List: $; AET: $ Reviewed by Delinda C. Hanley. We first meet 7-year-old Ichmad Hamid in , as he guides his father through a field of landmines in the West Bank of Palestine to retrieve what's left of the boy's tiny sister Amal. THE ALMOND TREE Michelle Cohen Corasanti THE ALMOND TREE Published by Garnet Publishing Limited 8 Southern Court South Street Reading RG1 4QS UK.
Even if she makes a ripple, Michelle feels that she will have succeeded. The Almond Tree is fiction and the characters are straight from Michelle’s imagination, but it has a sound and accurate base in reality. Michelle’s motto is “ May the battles we fight be for the advancement of the human race. ”. Buy The Book. The Almond Tree starts in in a small village in the Triangle inside the green line that I named ElKouriyah village. None of my characters are from the West Bank and no part of my novel takes. The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti brings this juxtaposition to the forefront by following the life of one Palestinian boy, Ichmad Hamid, with a natural talent for math. Ichmad grows up in a rural town in Israel.
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