Author Osama Al Aiseh: Combines Different Genres of Novel Producing The Last Bethlehem Kiss By: Aziz Al-assa

Author Osama Al Aiseh:

Combines Different Genres of Novel Producing The Last Bethlehem Kiss

By: Aziz Al-assa  

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The Last Bethlehem Kiss, written by Osama Al Aiseh, is to be issued in its second edition by Al Fasa’el in Jerusalem in 2016. The main theme of the novel is the dramatic changes which the revolutionaries, with little endurance, have gone through to end up practicing the opposite of what they were advocating for.  For that, he set up a number of significant pillars on which this novel is based. These pillars formed a main structure which provided the author a means to write in a coherent and consistent manner, allowing the reader to go through its text quietly and smoothly. 

The structure of the novel is made up of two elements: the first element relates to the spatial structure and sanctity of which appear concurrently. Mr. Al Aiseh demonstrates the greatness of the city of Bethlehem delving deeper into its caves, streets, alleys and cultural features. When he gets deeper into space, he doesn’t veer away from Jerusalem, for the liberation of which the rebels used to pass from Bethlehem. The second element relates to the temporal structure which is as much bright as the spatial structure. He delves deep into the history of the city, dating back 2000 years, when the cave was the latest  architectural feature and continues until he reaches the present time.

Thanks to the sanctity of temporal spatial structure of the novel, the text covered more than one genre of narration and dimension in the novel, making it fascinating for the reader can enjoy. These dimensions can be summarized as follows:

-        Emotional dimension: the story of love between a man and a woman reaches its peak at a certain moment and then fades away, leading each one of them to go his or her own way. It also has stories of love and attachment to the homeland.

-        Historical dimension: the text has a narrative pattern covering various aspects of history, recalling important historical personalities that consolidated the historical depth of the history.

-        Political dimension: the text of the novel demonstrates the features of the narrative that is based on opposing the thought dominant in the society, especially that of NGOs.

-        National dimension: the novel concentrates on sacrifice for the homeland and fight for freedom despite the gap between the occupying power and the occupied people in terms of power and military hardware.

-        Realistic dimension: the text of the novel is clearly based on realism, dramatic techniques as well as stories of realistic characters and actions that form credible national and humanitarian models which the author uses to support positive values such as realistic events and values of coexistence among the people of Palestine.   

The last notion which the author emphasizes is that all opportunists and defeatists shall fade away and the particles of the “Hero” in the novel shall fly throughout the desert of Bethlehem and the Dead Sea.  He shall continue hovering over us until God inherits this land and the kiss of Bethlehem, bearing a landscape in which Christians fast in the Muslim month of Ramadan and Muslims fast in the feasts of  “Virgin” Mary.

Osama Al Aiseh is a Palestinian author from the beautiful village of Zakarya, which has been occupied since 1948. He was raised under zinc-covered barracks in chilly weather in the winter and sweltering sun in the summer. He is a creative pundit with various interests.  Mr. Al Aiseh works as a journalist, archeologist, novelist and much more. Whatever discipline he writes in he excels, with specific and clear objectives. He has written approximately 20 books in different genres of literature and disciplines of science. 

Palestine, Bethlehem, Al Ubaydia: 9\1\2016