978-1-58838-204-7
1-58838-204-4
$28.95 hardcover
6 x 9
448 pages
August
Fiction
(This is a hardcover, revised edition of the paperback; the paperback was ISBN 10:
1-
58838-075-0, which is now out of print.)
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On the Hills of God describes the year-long journey of a boy becoming a man, while all
that he has known crumbles to ashes. The novel has been translated into German and
Arabic and won the PEN-Oakland Award for literary excellence. Critic Ishmael Reed
calls it "a monumental book."
This revised edition includes a new introduction. When we first encounter
Palestinian Yousif Safi in June 1947, he is filled with hopes for his education abroad to
study law, and with daydreams of his first love, the beautiful Salwa. But as the future of
Palestine begins to look bleak due to the pressure on the United Nations from the
international Zionist movement, Yousif is frustrated by his fellow Arabs' inability to
thwart the Zionist encroachment and by his own inability to prevent the impending
marriage of Salwa to an older suitor chosen by her parents. As Palestinians face the
imminent establishment of Israel, Yousif resolves to face his own responsibilities of
manhood. Despite the monumental odds against him, Yousif vows to win back both his
loves--Salwa and Palestine--and create his world anew.
about the author
Ibrahim Fawal was born and raised in Ramallah, Palestine. He holds an M.A. in film
from UCLA and a D. Phil from Oxford University. He worked with the renowned David
Lean as the "Jordanian " first assistant director on Lawrence of Arabia. For 25 years,
Fawal taught film and literature at Birmingham-Southern College and the University of
Alabama at Birmingham. Fawal lives in Birmingham.
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