Author: Hammad, Isabella
Palestine
Published on 14 March 2024 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 336 pages
197 x 128 x 22 | 240g
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine.
‘I absolutely loved it’MONICA ALI’Remarkable… My heart will never be the same’ BARBARA KINGSOLVER‘A vital storyteller’ALI SMITHAfter years away from her family’s homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. On her arrival, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new.
When Sonia meets the charismatic Mariam, a local director, she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing with a dedicated, if competitive, group of men – yet as opening night draws closer, it becomes clear just how many obstacles stand before the troupe. Amidst it all, the life she once knew starts to give way to the exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home.
‘A novel to savour’SUNDAY TIMES‘Spectacular’NAOMI KLEIN‘Captivating…deeply moving’HARPER’S BAZAAR‘Powerful… Hammad is a pretty flawless writer’THE TIMESA GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTSHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BOWKER PRIZE 2024* A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST AND VULTURE *