Jalal Matar—a young man from Gaza—earns his living, like his father, by digging graves, yet he harbors a deep passion for the sport of parkour. Step by step, we traverse the milestones of his life—a journey fraught with both dreams and disappointments.
With a bold narrative style, the novel poses difficult questions regarding the complex reality of life in the Gaza Strip. We read of people’s joys and sorrows, their love stories and their shattered hopes; and we come face-to-face with the brutality and terror that define daily existence in the Strip.
Mohammed Jabaiti is a Palestinian novelist. His works published by Dar Al-Adab include *A Dishwasher Reads Schopenhauer* and *World 9*.