Palestinian poet and writer Malik (b. 1942) spent his early childhood in Haifa, then was forced to Kufr Yasif, a few miles east of Acre, where he has now retired after a career in journalism
abroad. Jamal Assadi (English, An-Nahjah National U., Nablus) translates 41 selected stories and poems. The longest of them, 11 pages, is most of a fictional conversation that depicts, among
other matters, his upbringing. Among other titles are He Looks for Satan, the United Nations' Commissioners to Gaza, The Crocodile, The Jar and the Colorful Fish, How Beautiful Life Is, and In
Me There is a Thirst. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
