Author | Ghassan Kanafani |
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Language | Arabic |
Publication date | 1961 |
Publication place | Beirut |
A Death in Bed No.12 is the first collection of stories written by Ghassan Kanafani. It was published in Beirut in 1961 with a short introduction by Ghassan that said: "I believe that the book should introduce itself, and if it fails to fulfill part of its writers' ambition, then the writer must simply accept it, as before- times and times- before the writers rips the stories to write them again, and like that, I push "A Death in Bed No.12" to find its own way, if it could find the beginning of the way". [1] This collection of stories mainly explore the feeling of exile, which is portrayed through unilateral attachment to the past. [2] The title comes from a story in the second part of the book. The revolves around a patient writing a letter to his friend Ahmed telling him about a death incident in bed 12, and about how each one of us hears about and perceives death differently. [3] Ghassan Kanafani send in the introduction to an anonymous family whom their eldest son "Mohammed Ali Akbar" died away and alone in bed number 12.
Ghassan Kanafani was born in Acre city on 9 April 1936, and lived in Jaffa until May 1948 when he was forced to leave his country due to the Israeli occupation in 1948. He then lived in the south of Lebanon and after that his family moved to Damascus. His father worked as a lawyer specializing in national lawsuits and was arrested several times. He was a self made man and had a big effect on Ghassan's live and personality. Ghassan Kanafani was assassinated on 8 July 1972 by an explosive device in his car. [4]
The story collection is divided into 3 main parts, and each parts contains 5 or 6 stories revolving around Palestine, reality and existential questions. [5]
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