IT’S EASIER TO REACH HEAVEN THAN THE END OF THE STREET

Book ID/图书代码： 02000005B09935

English Summary/英文概要： In August, 2000, Emma Williams arrived with her three small children in Jerusalem to join her husband and to work as a doctor. A month later, the Palestinian intifada erupted. For the next three years, she was to witness an astonishing series of events in which hundreds of thousands of lives, including her own, were turned upside down. Williams lived on the very border of East and West Jerusalem, working with Palestinians in Ramallah during the day and spending evenings with Israelis in Tel Aviv. Weaving personal stories and conversations with friends and colleagues into the long and fraught political background, Williams’ powerful memoir brings to life the realities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She vividly recalls giving birth to her fourth child during the siege of Bethlehem, and her horror when a suicide bomber blew his own head into the schoolyard where her children played each day. Understanding in her judgement, yet unsparing in her honesty, Williams exposes the humanity, as well as the hypocrisy at the heart of both sides’ experiences. Anyone wanting to understand this intractable and complex dispute will find this unique account a refreshing and an illuminating read.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本感人至深的回忆录，为理解巴以冲突提供了独特视角。2000年8月，艾玛·威廉姆斯带着三个年幼的孩子来到耶路撒冷，与丈夫团聚并开启医生生涯。一个月后，第二次巴勒斯坦起义爆发。在随后的三年里，她目睹了令人震惊的一系列事件——数十万生命(包括她自己)被彻底颠覆。威廉姆斯长期生活在东耶路撒冷与西耶路撒冷交界处，白天在拉马拉与巴勒斯坦人共事，晚上则在特拉维夫与以色列人共度时光。她将个人经历与亲友同事的对话编织进漫长而紧张的政治背景中，生动再现了巴以冲突的残酷现实。书中生动记述了在伯利恒围城期间诞下第四个孩子的经历，以及当自杀式炸弹袭击者将头颅砸向孩子们每日玩耍的校园时的惊恐。威廉姆斯以深刻洞察力剖析矛盾，以赤诚笔触揭露双方经历中的人性光辉与虚伪本质。任何想要理解这场棘手复杂争端的人，都会发现这部独特记述既令人耳目一新，又充满启发。

这本书必然是对那段可怕岁月最坦诚的记述之一。它客观、细腻且全面……只偏袒温和与希望的声音。(Sandy)

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