The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist Emile Habiby
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated

A-”There is a Palestinian author, Emile Habiby, who wrote “The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist”. We are smarter than rats, however, and AIDS viruses. Witty, satirical and surreal, and heavily inspired by Candide, it's a short novel about the Palestinian experience between 1948 and 1970. First, this book introduced me to one of my favorite descriptors: pessoptimist. The Secret Life of Saeed- the Ill-Fated Pessoptimist: A Palestinian Who Became a Citizen of Israel. July 15, 2008 in Books | Tags: Books, Israel, Palestine. This is not a great moment in our world's history. Also just finished The secret life of Saeed the pessoptimist by Emile Habiby. "The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist (Imil Habibi, 1974; translated 1982) The full title is much longer. Then came Habibi's masterwork, The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist. Saeed, 'the pessoptimist' had gotten along in the Zionist state for most of his adulthood by not resisting the occupier's power and instead succumbing to the reality of the new Zionist state.