Sami Michael - Um Trompete no Uádi

The Portuguese debut of one of the most influential and respected names in Israeli literature.

Bringing to light the complex relationships between Christians, Jews, and Muslims, men and women, *A Trumpet in the Wadi* transports us back to the months preceding the Arab-Israeli conflict in Lebanon in 1982, while simultaneously recovering a classic story of impossible love: people separated by beliefs, tradition, and war. "The pioneering writer who gave voice to the oppressed in Israel." — Haaretz

Huda lives in a small building in the Wadi of Haifa, the Arab quarter of this coastal city in northern Israel and a microcosm of intrigue, dreams, and coexistence among neighbors of diverse origins. Living with her are her grandfather, Elias, the patriarch of the family, Um-Huda, her mother, and her younger sister, Mary. Raised without a father in an Arab Christian home, Huda and Mary are bound by a deep love, despite their completely opposite personalities and appearances: the former, thin and shy, having given up on marriage years ago, has resigned herself to a quiet and monotonous life; the latter is voluptuous and cheerful and averse to any job.

However, everyone's life is suddenly shaken by the arrival of a new neighbor, a young Russian Jewish immigrant who spends his nights playing the trumpet, whose sound ends up captivating Huda and making her rediscover a passion and spirit she thought extinct; Mary, on the other hand, finds herself involved in a dangerous love triangle with the irascible and impetuous son of the owner of the building where they live, and her cousin, who lives outside the city, in the neighboring countryside. 'Sami Michael is a writer, but above all, a man who traverses two cultures in the midst of a bloody conflict.' — La Repubblica