{"product_id":"9781635426120","title":"Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life","description":"By: Samar Yazbek     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year following 7 October 2023, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experiences of that day and the months of destruction and displacement that followed. From these encounters comes \u003cem\u003eYour Presence Is a Danger to Your Life\u003c\/em\u003e, a selection of twenty-six testimonies from ordinary civilians aged thirteen to sixty-five, whose lives have been irrevocably altered by what may one day be remembered as one of the most savage military offensives of our time. Adapted from warning flyers dropped moments before a bombing, the book’s title captures the impossible reality of life for Gazans. That reality is laid bare in accounts marked by unimaginable loss – homes shattered, loved ones vanished, limbs obliterated – and mechanisms of cruelty that defy comprehension. In gathering these testimonies, Yazbek brings into focus the human lives behind the headlines, and the survivors’ determination, even amid devastation, to speak and to be heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated from Arabic by Leri Price\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA vital work of oral history that gives primacy to real voices living through the ongoing war in Gaza, particularly at a time when press access to the region is restricted. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBenefits from Yazbek's ability to conduct the majority of interviews in person – with survivors sent to Doha for medical treatment – and her trusted position as a chronicler of oppression in the region.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComps: \u003cem\u003eWhat Have You Left Behind? \u003c\/em\u003eby Bushra al-Maqtari, tr. Sawah Hussain; \u003cem\u003eThe Message \u003c\/em\u003eby Ta-Nehisi Coates; \u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Numbers \u003c\/em\u003eby Ahmed Alnaouq, tr. Pam Bailey. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Other Press","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47660464898275,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781635426120","price":115.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49172876099811,"sku":"DTRFFUK-9781804272411","price":128.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781635426120.jpg?v=1780190509","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9781635426120","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}