Child of the eraser

This novel is one of the six parts of the Palestinian comedy that the Palestinian poet and writer issued, which redefines the pulse of Palestinian life to immortalize it and keep it alive in the memory of generations no matter how many years pass. With a satirical style and through storytelling, the writer weaves his narrative fabric, recording the details of daily life in the pre-Nakba Palestinian world, and documenting its historical events and characters, breathing life into the features of this period, inviting the reader to sense and feel the pulse and spirit of things. The type of narration followed by the novelist leaves the reader free to make guided inferences. Through the framework of the seven lessons that the child protagonist will learn, which include the fundamental meanings in his life, and the concepts of prevailing values and the duties to follow, and through the relationship that will develop between him and the British colonel, the worldview during that era becomes clear and expands, shaping a major turning point in the history of Palestine and the Arab world. "The soldiers will not know what really happened in the war until they return home," so on the battlefield, priorities differ and the reality becomes the main victor, but the bitter taste of the results comes afterward. Many events of the novel take place during World War II, but it explores their reflections on people, individuals, and situations. It is not a chronicle of political events, the Nakba, or defeat, but a record of what happened to humans and humanity, and the stories shaped by the interaction between them. An elegant and well-thought-out literary work, radiating poetry, satire, and emotion from a time before the wound that still bleeds from the Nakba and defeat, and stories that vividly return to the land of a reality on the verge of both.