The Drone Eats with Me: A Gaza Diary

An ordinary Gazan's "devastating contemporary war journal" that chronicles his struggle to survive Israel's invasion of Gaza (Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient)

The Drone Eats with Me is an unforgettable rendering of everyday civilian life shattered by the realities of twenty-first-century warfare. Israel's 2014 invasion of Gaza lasted 51 days, killed 2,145 Palestinians (578 of them children), injured over 11,000 people, and demolished more than 17,000 homes.

Atef Abu Saif, a young father and novelist, puts an indelibly human face on these statistics, providing a rare window into the texture of a community and the realities of a conflict that is too often obscured by politics.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 07/05/2016
ISBN: 9780807049105
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2016
Shelf Awareness 07/08/2016
Booklist 07/01/2016 pg. 15