The Step

by Abdullah Abu Snaineh - عبد الله أبو سنينة

From a boy’s attempt to forget the past to a young man’s adventure to fulfill his father's will, many things will be lost as others will be found. And each journey starts with a step.

103 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 2015

About the author

عبد الله أبو سنينة كاتب فلسطيني من مواليد 28 آذار 1992 في القدس.
حصل أبو سنينة على درجة الماجستير في اللغويات التطبيقية وتدريس اللغة الإنجليزية من جامعة الخليل. وهو أيضًا عداء ماراثون.
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Abdullah Abu Snaineh is a Palestinian writer. He was born on March 28, 1992 in Jerusalem.

Abu Snaineh has a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of English Language from Hebron University. He is also a marathon finisher.

Reviews

[John Hatley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a delightful collection of very short episodes. It is the first work I’ve read by this author and the first by any Palestinian author. I’m sorry I can’t read it in the original language and sorry that there aren’t more English translations available. It impresses me how hope always shines through the sadness, loss and tragedy of many of the stories.

[Liza · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book as a gift from my friend Nada Qafesha :)

I really liked the first two short stories that are somehow based on our lives as Palestinian.
About the other stories, both the language and the writing style are good. Metaphors are well chosen. But some of these stories are too short!. By that I mean that the author could have added more details to the stories to make it a bit longer. For example, Earthly Paradise has a good plot, good theme, but I'd like it even more if it was longer, or if it contained more suspense because this story is based on some kind of a mystery.

Otherwise I liked what I read, but I felt like I needed more.

[Nada Qafesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

"it my city was a shithole, what does that make us?"p2.
such a great short stories written by a great young man.
My fav. ones are, Mines, suger mountain, 9.
Earthy Paradise might be one also because of the great plot but there is so suspense even though it is a mysterious short story.
the suspense disappeare by solving the mystery after telling it.
on page 61. "will they laugh had they faced death?" are they two questions or grammatical mistakes
correcting by "will they laugh when they face time?"
or " would they laugh if they had faced death?".

[Ben Hassine · Rating 5 out of 5]

بصراحة استمتعت جدًا بقراءة شارع. أعجبتني فكرة جمع خمس شخصيات مختلفة في مكان واحد، وكيف كل واحد عنده هموم وأحلام خاصة. الأسلوب كان سلس ومباشر، وحسيت إن الخليل حاضرة بكل تفاصيلها. يمكن الشي الوحيد اللي تمنيت لو كان أكثر هو التوسع ببعض الشخصيات، لأنهم شدّوني جدًا. بشكل عام، عمل رائع وأتمنى أشوف روايتك الجاية أطول وأعمق