The Palestinian Novel Book

	Preface
	Introduction: The Palestinian Novel in Israel: An Overview	1
1	The Palestinian Literature in Israel	11
	Who constitute the Palestinian Minority in Israel?	12
	Literature from 1948-1967: A Confused Arab Minority	14
	Literature from 1967-1997: A Unified Palestinian Minority	16
	A Committed and an Engaged Literature	22
2	Author, Text and Reader - A Model of Partnership	31
	From Text to Reader - A General Survey	31
	The Literary Communication Pact - A Proposed Model	40
3	The Author as a Serious Comedian	55
	The Pessoptimist by Emile Habibi	55
4	The Author as a Character	87
	The Hell with the Lilac by Samih al-Qasim	87
5	The Author as a Scholar	105
	Soul in the Crucible by Salim Khuri	105
6	The Author as a Partner	125
	Ahmad, Mahmud and the Others by Zaki Darwish	125
7	The Author as a Narrator	145
	The Marginal by Riyad Baydas	145
8	The Author as an Historian	165
	Crying Objector by Suhayl Kiwan	165
	Conclusion: Author-Reader Struggle Over Text Domination	183
App	Novels and Novellas Written by Palestinians in Israel (1948-1997)	193
	Notes	197
	References	221
	Index	231