This is the maiden novel of a Jewish New Yorker, Michelle Cohen Corasanti, titled: ‘The Almond Tree’. It is an epic novel, a drama of the proportions of The Kite Runner, but set in Palestine. A beauty. A story that grabs you from the first page and makes your heart go out to the Palestinians […]
Michelle Cohen Corasanti Interview with the Readdicts
Hello, everyone! In December 2013, I was lucky enough to get an opportunity to read author Michelle Cohen Corasanti‘s debut novel, The Almond Tree. It is an amazing read and my review of the book can be foundhere. The book ended up being one of the best books I read last year. We also hosted a giveaway for it which got over […]
Interview with Spanish Newspaper El Punt Avui
Readers Deserve The Truth About The Almond Tree
Recently, Susan Abulhawa wrote an article about my novel, The Almond Tree that included a series of accusations about me and my book. While Ms. Abulhawa is certainly free to review and critique my work, I want to take this opportunity to correct a number of errors in her review so that readers may have […]
Guillermo Fesser reviews The Almond Tree on The Huffington Post – ENGLISH VERSION
Americans in Palestinian Shoes. Two weeks ago Obama arrived in Jerusalem and shared, before a packed auditorium of university students, a concern that no president in the White House has dared to publicly mention before: “The Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and justice must be recognized. Put yourself in their shoes – look at the world through […]
Guillermo Fesser Reviews The Almond Tree on The Huffington Post – SPANISH VERSION
Obama llegó a Jerusalén y compartió, ante un auditorio abarrotado de jóvenes, una inquietud que ningún mandatario de la Casa Blanca se había atrevido a mencionar antes en público: “No habrá paz hasta que os pongáis en la piel de los palestinos; hasta que intentéis ver el mundo que contemplan sus ojos”. Esto, que podría […]
The Almond Tree Project
April 23rd at The Stanley Theater Utica, NY 6:00 pm: MIKO PELED Don’t miss the riveting talk by Israeli peace activist MIKO PELED, author of The General’s Son. Miko’s grandfather signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence; his father was a general in the Israeli army and fought in ‘48 and ‘67; and his niece was […]
Eliza Green Books Interview with Michelle Cohen Corasanti
I’m delighted to welcome Michelle Cohen Corasanti, author of The Almond Tree. Michelle’s book is inspiring, harrowing, thoughtful. It also deals with a highly sensitive subject, the continuing war between Israelis and Palestinians. In Europe, the war in this region has been headline news for quite some time. I am familiar with the topic, but […]
Michelle Cohen Corasanti Interview with Ideas Captured
The Almond Tree, written by Michelle Cohen Corasanti, is a stunning book. Starting so innocently, it quickly drops you into a scene so horrific, but so real, that you cannot help but read on – a little boy finds a littler sister missing and, worried, runs outside to so if she’s there. The only problem […]
Wandering Thoughts of A Writer Interview with Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Today I have author Michelle Cohen Corasanti here to tell us about her book The Almond Tree. So why don’t you tell us about yourself and when did you start writing stories? I witnessed something, over twenty years ago, that affected me so deeply that despite all my best efforts, I could no longer repress […]