"Alte Sachen": From The Life Of An Arab Scrap Dealer In Israel - a Middle East Short Story

Product Information

The stories are harsh yet beautiful, sad yet humorous, and simple, while portraying the complexity of each situation. Love, friendship, death and betrayal are some of the many human experiences that are touched on in these stories. He kept pretending Aba was right next to him and he would talk to him, keeping up a constant stream of narration that was even more unnerving than his silence.

Some of the stories are very moving, and in each one, Friedlander certainly evokes his setting and mood with some wonderful descriptive prose: “The stuff you could find, the secrets people’s objects revealed to you. Omer is very insightful in his portrayal of the sad unrest between Israelis and Palestinians, in peaceful times as well as troubled, and across various decades. He was more careful than ever with it, now, handling it as if it were made of porcelain instead of plastic. Sie haben die Waren unverzüglich und in jedem Fall spätestens binnen vierzehn Tagen ab dem Tag, an dem Sie mich über den Widerruf dieses Vertrags unterrichten, an mich zurückzusenden oder zu übergeben.From a man who sells bottles of air to a young soldier in Lebanon, a child who climbs the cranes of Tel Aviv to a young woman in love with a Bedouin boy. In The Sand Collector, a Jewish schoolgirl falls for a Bedouin smuggler who collects sand and significant memories, in jars, labelling them with his neat Arabic script. It wasn’t just garbage, though, it was objects that had stopped working, old technology, outdated devices. While working as a German teacher in Berlin (and later online), helping students both young and old make sense of pesky declension rules (Don't fear the Genitiv!

Sind Sie Kaufmann im Sinne des Handelsgesetzbuches, juristische Person des öffentlichen Rechts oder öffentlich-rechtliches Sondervermögen, ist ausschließlicher Gerichtsstand für alle Streitigkeiten aus Vertragsverhältnissen zwischen mir und Ihnen der Geschäftssitz des Verkäufers.Die nachfolgenden AGB gelten für die Internet-Geschäftsbeziehung zwischen Bestellern (Kunden) und Andreas Janda, Online-Handel mit Antiquitäten, Einzelunternehmen, Dorotheenstraße 18, 33615 Bielefeld, Tel. The fish rose up to snatch a scrap of bread, thrown in by my brother, and then they were gone, leaving behind nothing but a few vanishing ripples. Ich kann die Rückzahlung verweigern, bis ich die Waren wieder zurückerhalten haben oder bis Sie den Nachweis erbracht haben, dass Sie die Waren zurückgesandt haben, je nachdem, welches der frühere Zeitpunkt ist. Friedlander is a gifted storyteller and each short story left me longer for more of the character's tale. This can be quite frustrating, especially when a story builds up suspense only to conclude on a cliffhanger.

Ideal in many ways if you need something quick and easy to read whilst waiting for a friend/train/plane or bus.This book said no thanks to tired stereotypes and delved into the nuance and complexity that exists within the region where no one wins. I enjoyed the first story the most, and loved the ideas and varied scenarios he portrays, however I increasingly found the mood of the stories very sad and depressing.