{"product_id":"9781623717025-the-secret-life-of-saeed-the-pessoptimist","title":"Habiby Emile - The Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Saeed is the comic hero the luckless fool whose tale tells of aggression and resistance terror and heroism reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and struggles of Arabs in Israel. An informer for the Zionist state his stupidity candour and cowardice make him more of a victim than a villain; but in a series of tragicomic episodes he is gradually transformed from a disaster - haunted gullible collaborator into a Palestinian - no hero still but a simple man intent on survival and perhaps happiness. The author's own anger and sorrow at Palestine's tragedy and his acquaintance with the absurdities of Israeli politics (he was once a member of Israel's parliament himself) are here transmuted into satire both biting and funny. Translated by Anton Shammas into Hebrew The Secret Life of Saeed won Israel's foremost Prize for Literature; a stage version played to great acclaim for a decade.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Habiby Emile\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Interlink Publishing Group Inc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781623717025\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 192 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 2\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Modern \u0026amp; Contemporary Fiction","brand":"Habiby Emile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51335844954417,"sku":"IN-G-9781623717025","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781623717025.jpg?v=1746961259","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781623717025-the-secret-life-of-saeed-the-pessoptimist","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}