Sleeping on a Wire: Conversations with Palestinians in Israel Book

Israel describes itself as a Jewish state. What, then, is the status of the one-fifth of its citizens who are not Jewish? Are they Israelis, or are they Palestinians? Or are they a people without a country? How will a Palestinian state—if it is established—influence the sense of belonging
and identity of Palestinian Israeli citizens? Based on conversations with Palestinians in Israel, Sleeping on a Wire, like The Yellow Wind, is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the Middle East today.

Beautifully percieved, Grossman gives a novelist's life to the inner world of the Arab minority, a world filled with bitterness and frustration. No other Israeli writer so far has approached writing about the unrecognized intimacy and delusory separation of Jews and Arabs in his country with such compassion.