Against the Loveless World

From the internationally bestselling author of the “terrifically affecting” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Mornings in Jenin, 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 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.

De la autorul cel mai bine vandut pe plan international al „Afacerilor terifiante” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Morningings in Jenin, un roman liric si cuprinzator care urmareste un tanar refugiat palestinian pe masura ce se radicalizeaza incet in timp ce cauta o viata mai buna pentru familia ei din Orientul Mijlociu pentru cititorii bestsellerurilor literare internationale, inclusiv Washington Black, My Sister, The Serial Killer si Her Body and Other Parties. In timp ce Nahr sta, inchisa in izolare, isi petrece zilele reflectand la evenimentele dramatice care au dus-o in inchisoare intr-un tara pe care abia o cunoaste.