{"product_id":"2940152025903","title":"Wall of Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003eReaders have called it “breathtaking,” visually dramatic, even “cinematic.” Wall of Dust does what few novels about the Middle East do: it respects each of its characters as a human being, whether Israeli or Arab, Jew or Muslim. All are caught in a situation not of their own making, and no matter what their allegiances, they are still individuals, subject to all the anxiety and doubts that afflict us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAisha, a Palestinian schoolteacher who has lost most of her class in a missile attack, becomes deranged and begins a strange ritual, throwing stones at the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZev is an Israeli sniper who watches her, wondering what sort of madwoman she is, while sorting out his own feelings of being rejected by his mother as “unclean.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdith is an Israeli grandmother who volunteers for Machsom Watch, an organization that monitors Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank. Her daughter has emigrated to California. Maybe she should too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHussein is a shadowy figure with the Islamic resistance. He is charged with observing Aisha to determine whether she should be stopped or ignored. But he finds it hard to make a decision and wonders why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir lives intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Timely and timeless,” Wall of Dust is a novel of heartbreaking loss, yet also of the persistence of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Timothy Niedermann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183248261360,"sku":"2940152025903","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152025903_p0.jpg?v=1764016985","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152025903","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}