Child of the eraser

This novel is one of the six parts of the Palestinian comedy that the Palestinian poet and writer issued, which talks about life in Palestine and describes the tragedy of the Palestinian people in more than one stage. The events of this novel revolve around life in Palestine before the Nakba of 1967 and afterwards, depicting the lives, customs, and traditions of Palestinians, and their struggle for livelihood, freedom, and dignity at that time. The novelist Ibrahim Nasser Allah wrote this novel in a way we have not seen before in his novels, as his sense of satire was strong, making it a satirical novel to the point of pain and bitterness. He narrated it in an innovative way, with his poeticity clearly reflected, different from the other parts of the Palestinian comedy, and included many details and characters that help imprint this novel in the minds of readers. The events of this novel revolve around the life of the hero who joins the army due to his mother's fear for him, after his father gouged out the eye of a person from a neighboring village, when the customs of revenge and retaliation were at their peak. His mother sent him to the army despite him being her only son. Many historical, social, and political events are told to us in this novel in an engaging style.