In The End of Spring, Sahar Khalifeh chronicles the struggle of the
Palestinian people with a humane depiction of Palestinian resistance
fighters during the 2002 siege of Yasir Arafat's official headquarters.
Khalifeh's tender and moving portrayal of her protagonists delves into
the inner consciences of the men and women and children who were
involved in the actual resistance--or were simply caught in the middle.
These characters come alive through Khalifeh's use of Palestinian
colloquial diction, as does the setting, through her measured attention
to the details of the natural surroundings in which the characters live,
fight, and die. The End of Spring is a riveting novel that captures the
reader's attention from beginning to end. It gives a heart and a face to
the Palestinian struggle.