A collection of stories by novelist, journalist, teacher and Palestinian activist Ghassan Kanafani. Titles such as "The Land of Sad Oranges", "If You Were a Horse..." and "Letter from Gaza" offer a gritty look at the agonized world of the Middle East in general, particularly Palestine. This collection of important stories by novelist, journalist, teacher, and Palestinian activist Ghassan Kanafani includes the stunning novella Men in the Sun (1962), the basis of the film The Deceived. Also in the volume are "The Land of Sad Oranges" (1958), "If You Were a Horse . . ." (1961), "A Hand in the Grave" (1962), "The Falcon" (1961), "Letter from Gaza" (1956), and an extract from Umm Saad (1969). In the unsparing clarity of his writing, Kanafani offers the reader a gritty look at the agonized world of Palestine and the adjoining Middle East.