A curious fantasy [that] mingles metaphysics and grim reality.
Abou and the Angel Cohen
A Novel
Description
Abou Ben Adhem, a Palestinian, copes by day with village political intrigue, Arab-Israeli violence and his own family turmoil, interspersed with nightly conversations with an angel named Cohen about the roots of mankind's behavior through the ages, in this poignant and ironic novel set in Gaza in 2001.
Reviews
Will intrigue and entrance...a powerful and readable tale.
The chapters...are filled with evocative prose and solid storytelling
Whimsical fable...ironic foot for thought in the meeting of a Palestinian pacifist and an agnostic angel.
