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Narrated by:
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Nadia Albina
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Isabella Hammad
After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up spending summers at their family home in Haifa, Sonia hasn't been back since the second intifada and the deaths of her grandparents. While Haneen stayed and made a life commuting to Tel Aviv to teach at the university, Sonia remained in London to focus on her burgeoning acting career and now dissolute marriage. On her return, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new.
Once at Haneen's, Sonia meets the charismatic and candid Mariam, a local director, and finds herself roped into a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing Gertude's lines in classical Arabic and spending more time in Ramallah than in Haifa with a dedicated group of men who, in spite of competing egos and priorities, each want to bring Shakespeare to that side of the wall. As opening night draws closer it becomes clear just how many invasive and violent obstacles stand before a troupe of Palestinian actors. Amidst it all, the life Sonia once knew starts to give way to the daunting, exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home.
A stunning rendering of present-day Palestine, Enter Ghost is a story of diaspora, displacement, and the connection to be found in family and shared resistance. Timely, thoughtful, and passionate, Isabella Hammad's highly anticipated second novel is an exquisite feat, an unforgettable story of artistry under occupation.
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Wow
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Beautiful writing
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Contrast Israel/palestine
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So many gripping story lines!
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Timely story told through Shakespeare in Palestine
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Mounting Hsmlet in Palestine from the Palestinian Perspective
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Slow start good finish
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The very age and body of the time
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I loved the narrative style. The first person perspective allowed Hamad to weave the story as tapestry in the moment and in the mind of the narrator, going seamlessly through the present time to memories.
I can’t believe this book hasn’t gotten more press, though I fear it’s due to this being a powerful Palestinian story in the context of apartheid. It is able to tackle and address so much nuance quickly, it’s impressive.
The book does delicate work of creating a strong sense of place on both sides of the wall, giving characters room to develop and grow, and exploring powerful themes of art and resistance, family and trauma, and grief and loss. Hamlet is used not only in plot but also as a tool in foreshadowing and metaphor.
I started bawling at the last line: one of the most powerful endings I’ve read.
Outstanding
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