{"product_id":"3gs","title":"3gs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe Chuck D of Palestinian hip-hop\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a memoir of three generations of one Palestinian family up against loss, oppression, and a shape-shifting past, present, and future, in a work of stunning originality and kinetic energy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e3Gs\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of a father, his son, and his son's future daughter--Fawzi, Tamer, and Shaden Nafar--three generations of fracture and dissonance, stubborn insistence, love, hope, and the will to create. It's also the story of a town--Lyd to the Palestinians who fled there in 1948, Lod to Jewish Israelis--built of people from elsewhere, swamped by crime and poverty, and, in the not-too-distant future, off-limits to those who call it Lyd. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFawzi, Tamer's father, keeps his head down as the '48 expulsion lives in his bones. He gets by, passing as a postman though he can't read, installing boilers, and playing in a wedding band, until an accident puts him in a wheelchair. Tamer keeps his head up and his voice loud, spitting punchlines and cries of fury, not leaving Lyd even as the violence comes for his own. He will come to a point of understanding and gentle respect for the father who, he always thought, hadn't fought back. Shaden is the future--no longer living in Lyd, she risks returning to save its artifacts and memories in Palestine in the cloud, a place beyond conquest and capture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart oral history, part fable, part self-analysis, \u003ci\u003e3Gs\u003c\/i\u003e defies the expectations of memoir and the literature of Palestine. With the emotional vastness of a multi-generational novel and the rhythmic force of rap, \u003ci\u003e3Gs\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly innovative work of power and pathos that introduces a master storyteller.","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45786518421551,"sku":"9781250394224","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/2855\/6847\/files\/imageloader_00cdc5d9-b60d-48e8-9156-814472db339a.jpg?v=1786143340","url":"https:\/\/tssbooks.com\/products\/3gs","provider":"tssbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}