I think old as it is this is still an interesting look at different attitudes of Palestinians under occupation, a reminder that they are not a monolith. The book switches point of view a few times so that we explore the inner life of a newly committed freedom fighter, a man who has a change of heart in prison, and a guy who has his peaceful disposition challenged by both family and Israel. All the while, you'll be educated (if you are new to the subject) on various common aspects of the everyday violence of Israeli ccupation - and the extraordinary.

What's the final message? Idk. Things just sort of happen. No. There's more! Whether you adopt a peaceful disposition or a violent revolutionary one, the occupation comes for you. To demolish, destroy, imprison, kill.

This is the author's third book. Her first, the only copy, was confiscated by Israel. Written in 1976, it was an uncommon view of life under occupation, fictionalized or otherwise at the time. I think it's still relevant. You can compare/contrast then to now - in some ways, the occpuation's grown more harsh, entrenched, and violent and some ways it's the same.