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Karim Kattan is a Palestinian writer from Bethlehem, born in Jerusalem, based in France. He writes fiction, poetry, and essays, some of which have appeared in The Paris Review, The Dial, The European Review of Books, The Baffler, and others. His first novel, Le Palais des deux collines (The Palace on the Higher Hill), won the 2021 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. More about this author >
Jeffrey Zuckerman is a translator of French literature. A graduate of Yale University, he has won the French Voices Grand Prize and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, received fellowships from MacDowell and the National Endowment for the Arts, and been named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. More about this author >
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In the labyrinthine city of Jerusalem, where poets woo their lovers with tales of jinns, lions, and warriors, Isaac and Gabriel pass in the streets, unaware of one another until biblical Egyptian winds bring enough sand to blot out the heavens. From their first meeting, desire blooms, hesitates, withdraws, and returns in a heady romance recounted by the sky itself, who cranes past rooftops and through windows to glimpse the pair. Defying checkpoints, desert squalls, and blazing heat, Gabriel and Isaac embark on a road trip through Jericho and past the Dead Sea to a storied village in the West Bank—a daring act in a divided country.
