Writer. Author of Sabra Zoo, Shake Off and Disengaged. Can be found @mischahi and www.mischahiller.com
30/07/2012
The protagonist of my second novel Shake Off was born in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, and lost his family in the 1982 massacre there. It may have come as a surprise to him, and other Palestinians living in what is…
As a depiction of the futility of war and the confusion, terror and brutalisation of those who take part in it Waltz With Bashir is a powerful example of the genre. This is partly due to the narrative approach, where the protagonist goes on a journey to recover his inaccessible memories of war…
I don’t often write about having myalgic encephalopathy, or ME, but felt compelled to do so after reading Dr Phil Hammond, writing as ‘M.D.’ in Private Eye, acknowledging the prejudices of doctors who believe ME (as opposed to chronic fatigue) to be psychological rather than…
