Against the Loveless World

A Novel

hardcover, 384 pages

Published Aug. 25, 2020 by Atria Books.

ISBN:
978-1-9821-3703-8
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4 stars (2 reviews)

A sweeping and lyrical novel that follows a young Palestinian refugee as she slowly becomes radicalized while searching for a better life for her family throughout the Middle East, for readers of international literary bestsellers including Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer, and Her Body and Other Parties.

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 …

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Cleverly woven tale, at the same time very human, set with the politics of now for a Palestinian

5 stars

Content warning Impossible to write anything without revealing at least some of the content and the reveal is part of the book. Read the book, it's worth it. Then read this.