The Almond Tree, Reviewed by Tanushree Sharma Sandhu It’s a well spun tale of friendship, kinship, love, brotherhood, parenting…all woven in simple yet very effective language. Food for any soul longing for grit, determination, optimism, HOPE and BELIEF….This is what best defines The Almond Tree, a debut novel by Michelle Cohen Corasanti, a Jewish American. […]
Ahmad Abu Husein from Baqa el Gharbiyeh, the Triangle located inside the Green Line
Ahmad Abu Husein from Baqa el Gharbiyeh, the Triangle located inside the Green Line. He is from the same place as the protagonist in The Almond Tree and he was the inspiration for me naming my protagonist Ichmad. We studied Middle Eastern studies together at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He still lives in his village […]
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The Almond Tree Turkish edition cover
Ecocriticism in Michelle Cohen Corasanti’s The Almond Tree
Dr Shamenaz, Associate Professor, Deptt of Applied Sciences & Humanities, AIET, Allahabad. Ecocriticism is a new term in the field of English literature, which is believed to be the study of literature and environment from an interdisciplinary point of view where all sciences synthesizes themselves to analyze the environment and brainstorm possible solutions for the […]
Mandeltreet: av Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Forfatter: Randi Martha Evensen LITTERATUR JEG HAR i alle år lest mye om midtøsten, spesielt om Israel og jødenes historie. Jeg har ikke lest mye om palestinerne. Må nok innrømme at jeg har hatt mest sympati for israelerne kontra palestinerne. Noe som dog har endret seg en del hos meg de senere årene. Så kom […]
The Pen Trumps the Sword Anytime by Faysal Mikdadi
I shudder to hear Kerry pontificating about the right of people for self determination and peaceful existence (except, presumably, for Palestinians under occupation). I cringe to hear Hague lecturing the Russians about the rights of their neighbours to their territorial integrity and national sovereignty (except, as it were, for the Palestinians who should be pleased […]
The Almond Tree – Favorite Reads 2014
The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti The Almond Tree is favorite reads of 2014 for Nadine C. Keels. Written by a Jewish American author, here’s a book that’s garnered all kinds of attention and was the first such trip I’d ever taken to Palestine–a political novel, I’m sure, but I wasn’t caught up in […]
The story is brilliantly written, and leaves you emotionally shaken
The Almond Tree By Michelle Cohen Corasanti A Book Review by Tannaaz Irani This is a story about a Palestinian from boyhood till the time he becomes a grandfather, spans his life story in two vastly different continents, seeing dramatically different lifestyles in each. It is a boy’s journey — the travails he goes through […]
The book is emotionally gripping right from the first chapter
The Almond Tree, Reviewed by RCD Team. Book: TheAlmond Tree Publishers: Fingerprint RCD Rating: 8.5/10 About the author Michelle Cohen Corasanti is a Human Rights lawyer, from America. She grew up in a Jewish household, and dwelt on the idea that ‘the Jews found a land without a people for a people without a land […]
New Hartford author discusses her experiences in Palestine
Michelle Cohen Corasanti at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC)