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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Niedermann, Timothy, 1953-     Subjects     Women teachers -- Fiction.     Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.     Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Civilians in war -- Fiction.     Hope -- Fiction.     Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.     Palestine -- Fiction.     Israel -- Fiction.     West Bank -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Niedermann, Timothy, 1953-       by title:      Wall of dust : a nov...       by call number:      FICTION NIE     Search the Web     Niedermann, Timothy, 1953-     Women teachers -- Fiction.     Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.     Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Civilians in war -- Fiction.     Hope -- Fiction.     Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.     Palestine -- Fiction.     Israel -- Fiction.     West Bank -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Wall of dust : a novel / by Timothy Niedermann. by Niedermann, Timothy, 1953- Deux Voiliers Publishing c2015. Call #: FICTION NIE Subjects Women teachers -- Fiction.   Civilian war casualties -- Fiction.   Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.   Civilians in war -- Fiction.   Hope -- Fiction.   Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Fiction.   Palestine -- Fiction.   Israel -- Fiction.   West Bank -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781928049265 (trade pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  275 p. ; 22 cm. Summary:  Wall of Dust is a story of the human spirit - of the pain of loss and the struggle to recover. Aisha, a Palestinian schoolteacher, becomes deranged after most of her class is accidentally killed by a missile fired from an Israeli gunship. She begins on a strange ritual, throwing stones at the "security barrier," the eight-meter tall concrete wall that separates much of the West Bank from Israel. She shouts the name of each dead child and hurls a stone at the concrete monolith. Initially alone, she is soon joined by others and her little ritual takes the form of a mass protest. At several points she might be stopped, or worse, but she is helped in small but significant ways by several other characters, Israeli and Palestinian. Each character who intercedes has experienced a loss - a career dead end, a family estrangement, a crisis of faith, a simple loss of hope - that guides their actions. The acts are small and personal: a sniper misses a shot, a teacher comforts, a stranger embraces, a father forgives, an Islamist relents. Lyrically written, full of compassion for the people of Palestine and Israel and for the land they inhabit together, Wall of Dust is a story of revelation, redemption, and the persistence of hope. Genre:  War fiction First novel. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION NIE Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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