- Published: 2 June 2008
- ISBN: 9780552155144
- Imprint: Black Swan
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $39.99
The Lemon Tree
- Published: 2 June 2008
- ISBN: 9780552155144
- Imprint: Black Swan
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 560
- RRP: $39.99
The inspiring lives of two unique people, and Tolan's compassion in narrating them, illuminate the tragedy of Palestine in the most moving and revealing way
Karma Nabulsi, Prize Research Fellow, Oxford University
A hard book to read with dry eyes and without a lump in one's throat. And hard to read, also, without feeling - dare one even say the word? - something approaching hope
Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains and King Leopold's Ghost
As they follow Dalia and Bashir's difficult friendship, readers will experience one of the world's most stubborn conflicts firsthand
Publishers Weekly
Extraordinary... Tolan's narrative provides a much needed human dimension to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict... a highly readable and evocative history
Washington Post
Affecting. Sensitively told. Humane and literate - and rather daring in suggesting that the future of the Middle East need not be violent
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A much-needed antidote to the cynicism of realpolitik
Booklist
At a time when peace seems remote and darkness deepens, this lucid, humane, hopeful book shines like a ray of light
The Times
A fascinating and highly absorbing account full of warmth, compassion and hope
Scotland on Sunday
Reads like a novel... an informed take for anyone interested in the human stories behind a conflict
New Statesman
A superb, sustained piece of narrative non-fiction
The Sunday Times
Masterly and brilliantly researched... If it were fiction, critics would no doubt hail the epic, almost Tolstoyan quality of this book
Morning Star
An understated clash of cultures tale, delicately told
Radio Times
Impeccably researched... this narrative illustrates the possibility of compassionate imagination
TLS
Beautifully written
Tam Dalyell, MP