{"product_id":"3gs-an-imaginary-memoir-9781250394224","title":"3gs: An Imaginary Memoir","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250394224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d","brand":"Tamer Nafar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458845171893,"sku":"9781250394224","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781250394224.jpg?v=1791297364","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/3gs-an-imaginary-memoir-9781250394224","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}