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Das Land der traurigen Orangen
Das Land der traurigen Orangen lässt Menschen zu Wort kommen, die die Folgen der Gründung des Staates Israel erlebten. Auch der Autor ist einer von ihnen. Ghassan Kanafani war zwölf Jahre alt, als die Familie 1948, während des ersten arabisch-israelischen Krieges, flüchtete und das palästinensische Volk sich über verschiedene Länder zerstreute.
Mit seinem sensiblen Schreiben, seinem Intellekt und seiner besonderen Wortgewalt trat Kanafani für die Rechte der Palästinenserinnen und Palästinenser ein. Die thematischen Schwerpunkte der in diesem Band vereinigten Kurzgeschichten sind der Verlust des Landes, der vergebliche Widerstand dagegen, die Vertreibung, die Flucht und das Lagerleben im Exil.
Mit seinem sensiblen Schreiben, seinem Intellekt und seiner besonderen Wortgewalt trat Kanafani für die Rechte der Palästinenserinnen und Palästinenser ein. Die thematischen Schwerpunkte der in diesem Band vereinigten Kurzgeschichten sind der Verlust des Landes, der vergebliche Widerstand dagegen, die Vertreibung, die Flucht und das Lagerleben im Exil.
142 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2024
About the author
Ghassan Kanafani
100 books2,324 followersGhassan Kanafani (Arabic: غسان كنفاني)
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at the age of 36, assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, By the Israeli Mossad
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in Acre in Palestine (then under the British mandate) in 1936. His father was a lawyer, and sent Ghassan to a French missionary school in Jaffa. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Kanafani and his family fled to Lebanon, but soon moved on to Damascus, Syria, to live there as Palestinian refugees.
After studying Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, Kanafani became a teacher at the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. There, he began writing short stories, influenced by his contact with young children and their experiences as stateless citizens.
In 1960 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he became the editor of several newspapers, all with an Arab nationalist affiliation. In Beirut, he published the novel Men in the Sun (1962). He also published extensively on literature and politics, focusing on the the Palestinian liberation movement and the refugee experience, as well as engaging in scholarly literary criticism, publishing several books about post-1948 Palestinian and Israeli literature.
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at the age of 36, assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, By the Israeli Mossad
Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in Acre in Palestine (then under the British mandate) in 1936. His father was a lawyer, and sent Ghassan to a French missionary school in Jaffa. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Kanafani and his family fled to Lebanon, but soon moved on to Damascus, Syria, to live there as Palestinian refugees.
After studying Arabic literature at the University of Damascus, Kanafani became a teacher at the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. There, he began writing short stories, influenced by his contact with young children and their experiences as stateless citizens.
In 1960 he moved to Beirut, Lebanon, where he became the editor of several newspapers, all with an Arab nationalist affiliation. In Beirut, he published the novel Men in the Sun (1962). He also published extensively on literature and politics, focusing on the the Palestinian liberation movement and the refugee experience, as well as engaging in scholarly literary criticism, publishing several books about post-1948 Palestinian and Israeli literature.
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July 13, 2026
Ich habe bisher noch nichts von Ghassan Kanafani gehört oder gelesen und fand insbesondere das Nachwort interessant, dass seine vorangegangenen Erzählungen kontextualisiert - was ich gerne als Vorwort gelesen hätte.
In diesem Band sind viele kurze Erzählungen gesammelt, die auf unterschiedliche Weise palästinensische Erfahrungen wiedergeben. Für mich leider wesentlich weniger wortgewaltig ala angekündigt.
In diesem Band sind viele kurze Erzählungen gesammelt, die auf unterschiedliche Weise palästinensische Erfahrungen wiedergeben. Für mich leider wesentlich weniger wortgewaltig ala angekündigt.
February 20, 2026
Gut, dass es Kurzgeschichten sind. Musste das Buch nämlich nach der ein oder anderen weglegen, zum verdauen. Schön prägnant geschrieben. Hab Lust mehr von Ghassan Kanafani zu lesen.
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