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    Against the Loveless World: A Novel
    Against the Loveless World: A Novel
    Against the Loveless World: A Novel
    Audiobook13 hours

    Against the Loveless World: A Novel

    Written by Susan Abulhawa

    Narrated by Susan Abulhawa

    4.5/5

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    Arab American Book Award Winner
    2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
    2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist
    2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner
    Longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize

    “Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can illuminate hidden worlds for us.” —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

    In this “beautiful...urgent” novel (The New York Times), Nahr, a young Palestinian woman, fights for a better life for her family as she travels as a refugee throughout the Middle East.

    As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the seventies to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she’s forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation. Nahr’s subversive humor and moral ambiguity will resonate with fans of My Sister, The Serial Killer, and her dark, contemporary struggle places her as the perfect sister to Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties.

    Written with Susan Abulhawa’s distinctive “richly detailed, beautiful, and resonant” (Publishers Weekly) prose, this powerful novel presents a searing, darkly funny, and wholly unique portrait of a Palestinian woman who refuses to be a victim.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateAug 25, 2020
    ISBN9781797111179
    Author

    Susan Abulhawa

    Susan Abulhawa was born to Palestinian refugees of the 1967 war. Currently living in Pennsylvania with her daughter, she is a human rights activist and frequent political commentator. She is the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an organization dedicated to upholding Palestinian children's Right to Play. Her first novel, Mornings in Jenin, was an international bestseller, with rights sold in twenty-six languages. Along with The Blue Between Sky and Water, she is most recently the author of Against the Loveless World, a finalist for the Aspen Words Prize and winner of the 2021 Palestine Book Award and the 2021 Arab American Book Award.

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    Readers find this title stunning, heart wrenching, and beautiful. The book is powerful and leaves readers speechless. It offers a different perspective and is gorgeously written. It is a must-read, with a beautiful and tragic story of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict from the Palestinian perspective.

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    • 5/5
      One of the best books I ever read, it left me speechless

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wow. What a different perspective to be in. Gorgeously written.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Beautiful and tragic story of the Palestinian / Israeli conflict from the Palestinian perspective.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This novel was hard to read. By the end it was wrapped up beautifully, thank you Susan abulhawa

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Just finished this powerful book, and wow! Abulhawa takes you on an emotional rollercoaster through Nahr's intense experiences. I felt her fear, her stress, and her disgust right alongside her. Was she a terrorist or just a hardcore survivor navigating a terrifying world? It’s a poignant question that lingers long after you turn the last page.

      While it's not a biography, it resonates deeply because this story could belong to any woman out there, and sadly, that’s the reality. The struggle for survival, love, and dignity is portrayed beautifully, making it a must-read for anyone looking for a raw and thought-provoking experience. ??
    • 5/5
      Albuhawa is a captivating storyteller! Palestine has gifted us so much talent and I mourn imagining how many stories and masterpieces we will never know due to the insidious occupation of such sacred land! May we be brave enough to speak up, defend, and protect our beloveds until Palestine is Free! From the River to the Sea!!
    • 5/5
      Loved this book. Nahr will be with me from now on
    • 5/5
      this is a wonderful book that i think about daily
    • 5/5
      Absolutely amazing story set in Palestine. All I can say is that this is an absolute must read.
    • 5/5
      Stunning and heart wrenching. So pleased how it ended and for the beautiful stories in between.
    • 5/5
      Very powerful, the narration was weak but tolerable for the sake of the novel
    • 5/5
      What a beautiful and eloquent book. After a long time, I have liked a book this intensely.