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- Mary McGrath
- Username: maryprx
- Location: Milton, MA, Massachusetts
- Joined PRX: Sep 07, 2003
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- "The Imaginary Village"
- Summary: The Imaginary Village is a story about the meaning of "home" for three generations of Palestinians living in refugee camps.
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Review of The Imaginary Village
Mary McGrath
Posted on June 13, 2004 at 06:04 PM
This is a lovely impressionistic piece rich with imagery and feeling. More than a story or narrative, it's a record of loss and it succeeds by working almost entirely on an emotional level. It's stirring and stays with you; it's maddening and confounding. Seen from here, the Middle East conflict looks impenetrable and the headlines simply repetitive and tiresome. Seen from the Imaginary Village, it seems much closer to home.