EAN: 9781787334076

ENTER GHOST - ISABELLA HAMMAD KARTONIERT (TB)

A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine
- from the award-winning author of The Parisian***A SUNDAY TIMES AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
2023*** 'Different to anything else being written right now in English' SUNDAY TIMES After
years away from her family's homeland  and reeling from a disastrous love affair  actress Sonia
Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. While Haneen made a life here
commuting to Tel Aviv to teach at the university  Sonia remained in London to focus on her
acting career and now dissolute marriage. On her return  she finds her relationship to
Palestine is fragile  both bone-deep and new. When Sonia meets the charismatic and candid
Mariam  a local director  she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon  Sonia is
rehearsing Gertrude's lines in classical Arabic with a dedicated group of men who  in spite of
competing egos and priorities  all want to bring Shakespeare to that side of the wall. As
opening night draws closer and the warring intensifies  it becomes clear just how many
obstacles stand before the troupe. 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. Timely 
thoughtful  and passionate  Isabella Hammad's highly anticipated second novel is an exquisite
story of the connection to be found in family and shared resistance. 'A pretty flawless writer'
THE TIMES

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