Mandeltreeet

Synopsis of Mandeltreeet

«Mandeltreeet» is the novel by Michelle Cohen Corasanti, published by Schibsted in 2015, with 367 pages, in Norwegian.

In 1955, in a Palestinian village, the young Ichmad watches his little sister die after stepping on a landmine. After his father's arrest, the family loses the home and the orange grove that supported them. Ichmad tries to keep them going and wins a university scholarship; that path confronts him with prejudice and changes the way he sees others.

For readers of dramatic novels interested in stories with historical background, social conflict and personal growth.