Against Loveless World, First Edition (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xviii, 366pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Gentle rubbing and bumps to corners and edges of blue paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. 2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 70s 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.(Publisher).