My childhood so far

Author's name: Ibrahim Nasrallah

It is a novel of a different kind of Palestinian love, transcending poverty, oppression, and small and large wars, embracing the story of a people. A magnetic novel, with an attraction that draws you upward, to soar above the camp, above the setbacks, and above death... a novel of life. The novelist and critic Farouk Wadi presented a critical reading of the novel, in which he says: “Although I have read all of Ibrahim Nasrallah’s novels, without exception, the magic of “Lanterns of the King of Galilee” remained overwhelming in my mind and conscience. Only “My Childhood Until Now” rivaled it among Ibrahim’s narrative works, which is a magical work with other creative artistic specifications, new and different. In an oral comparison between the two works, I said to Ibrahim: If “Lanterns” is the novel of my mind, which arose from a creative narrative and historical research investigation that did not prevent the splendor of imagination with its soaring wings, then “My Childhood Until Now” is the novel of my heart, to which I have become more emotionally attached than any other, because of the biographical or semi-biographical elements it contains, with all their brilliance and intimacy that did not prevent the imagination from wandering and taking free flight. In any case, the Ibrahimi novel of my heart is now in your hands, and I will not go overboard talking about it, for I will forfeit your right to enjoy it.” And live, contemplate and be amazed