{"id":418635,"date":"2026-10-16T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=418635"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:41:22","slug":"palestinian-writer-launches-novel-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/palestinian-writer-launches-novel-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian writer launches novel in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 <em>The Coin<\/em> is the debut novel by 35-year-old Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher. Through its protagonist\u2019s journey, the book explores memories tied to identity, belonging and class. The award-winning novel, which received recognition in the United States, was inspired by Ukrainian-born writer Clarice Lispector, who lived in Brazil. Zaher has said in interviews that Lispector led her to write in an \u201cuncontrolled\u201d way, without thinking too much about what she was saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published in Brazil by <a href=\"https:\/\/cosacedicoes.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cosac<\/a>, the novel follows the protagonist\u2019s life in New York, where she lives on an allowance from her older brother, funded by an inheritance from their parents, who died in an accident. <em>The Coin<\/em> unfolds around the protagonist\u2019s intense preoccupation with cleanliness and her relationship with a refined man she begins working for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The title <em>The Coin<\/em> comes from a childhood memory: during a family trip, the protagonist is said to have swallowed a coin that remained inside her body for the rest of her life, although she feels no discomfort or other sign that she had actually swallowed it. Throughout the novel, Palestine emerges through the protagonist\u2019s past, her memories and her life with her parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Collection of poems and essays<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another release from Cosac is <em>If I Must Die<\/em>, by Refaat Alareer. A Palestinian poet and professor, Alareer was killed in an Israeli bombing in Gaza in 2023, along with his brother, sister and four nephews and nieces. The book, now being made available to Brazilian readers, is a collection of essays and poems written from 2010 until the year of his death, in which he shares his resistance to the conflict in his homeland and his thoughts on literature and politics, among other topics. Both books are expected to be available in physical and online bookstores by the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A moeda<\/em><\/strong><br>Yasmin Zaher<br>304 pages<br>BRL 89.00<br>Cosac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Se eu tiver que morrer \u2013 prosa e poesia<\/em><\/strong><br>Refaat Alareer<br>264 pages<br>BRL 89.00<br>Cosac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/book-features-middle-eastern-short-stories\/\">Book features Middle Eastern short stories<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-418622\">Willy Somma\/Supplied<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasmin Zaher is the author of The Coin, a novel about the life and unexpected turns of a young Palestinian woman in New York. 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