{"product_id":"love-and-desire-in-the-promised-land","title":"Love and Desire in the Promised Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Salomé Parent-Rachdi \u0026amp; Deloupy. Published by Fantagraphics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 160 pages, Colour, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-x\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"small-12 large-auto cell large-order-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict viewed through the lens of romantic relationships. A humanizing journalistic portrait of the intimate lives of ordinary people in Israel and Gaza.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLove and Desire in the Promised Land collects a dozen interviews with real-life citizens of Israel and Gaza navigating messy boundaries in their homes and bedrooms against a background of geopolitical violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting interviews conducted before the October 7 attack unleashed a new wave of bloody conflict, the book introduces fascinating individuals and couples who speak frankly about the transgressions that define their experiences with intimacy. The portrayals represent a diverse population, including an interfaith celebrity power couple, an Orthodox gynecologist, a young gay Muslim, a Palestinian American feminist, a Ukrainian Israeli artist, and a Palestinian lesbian in a relationship with an Israeli soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these candid conversations, recorded by Parent-Rachdi and illustrated with a warm touch by Deloupy, the authors humanize the people living in Israel and Gaza. As conflict wages around them, these ordinary citizens struggle with their all-too-human urges and desires that drive them to cross borders and boundaries in the name of love and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-side small-12 large-2 cell large-order-1 show-for-large\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-x\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"small-12 large-auto cell large-order-2\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small-header\"\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a stunning work that humanizes groups of people so often defined internationally by their conflict.\" — Booklist, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating record of human persistence in the midst of turmoil.\" — Kirkus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Like skilled seducers, the authors do not rush. They draw the reader in gradually, until their message finally lands with full force.\" — Haaretz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Love and Desire in the Promised Land urges read­ers to remem­ber the human­i­ty of those whose lives are shaped by the Israeli?–?Pales­tin­ian con­flict. It is thus vital read­ing for any­one invest­ed in the con­flict.\" — Jewish Book Council\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Deloupy's fluid, collage-like comics depict the diversity of both humans and landscape; he takes poetic license at evocative moments, and in others turns out journalistic courtroom-style sketches. The result is both joyful and sobering.\" — Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63367879065930,"sku":"loveanddesireinthepromisedland","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8894\/4822\/files\/IMG_05652.jpg?v=1787914279","url":"https:\/\/littledeercomics.ie\/products\/love-and-desire-in-the-promised-land","provider":"Little Deer Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}