Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation

Authors: Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2017
ISBN: 9780008229191

Published to coincide the with 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank, an anthology that explores the human cost of the conflict there as witnessed by such notable writers as Colum McCann, Colm Toibin, Dave Eggers, Madeleine Thien, Eimear McBride, Taiye Selasi and editors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.

June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Israel occupation of the West Bank. The violence on both sides of the conflict has been horrific, the casualties catastrophic. Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have joined forces with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand the injustice there and a host of illustrious writers to tell the stories of the people on the ground in the contested territories.