Prisoners : A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide

New York: Alfred A Knopf/Random House, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. An unusual friendship developed between an American Jew who served as guard in the largest prison in Israel and his prisoner Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue that grew into a friendship. This is an account of life in that harsh desert prison--mean, overcrowded and violent-and of that dialogue between the guard, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Rafiq. It is a dialog of their accusations, explanations, fears, prejudices, and aspirations. Jeffrey Goldber became an award-winning correspondent for The New Yorker and Rafiq became a graduate student in Washington DC where Goldberg was located. And their dialogue continued. Clean, unmarked, solid volume in brown half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles, with gray boards; square with sharp corners. Internals As New. Black jacket with orange and gray titles is clean, unclipped, as new. 316 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf/Random House, New York, 2006.