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The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist (Interlink World Fiction Series) (1st Edition) by Emile Habiby, Trevor Le Gassick, Salma Khadra Jayyusi (Translator), Imil Habibi, T. Legassick, Imoil Haboiboi, Professor Salma Khadra Jayyusi Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 1-56656-415-8 / 1566564158 ISBN-13: 978-1-56656-415-1 / 9781566564151 This contemporary classic, the story of a Palestinian who becomes a citizen of Israel, combines fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy. Saeed is the comic hero, the luckless fool, whose tale tells of aggression and resistance, terror and heroism, reason and loyalty that typify the hardships and strugg |