Enter ghost
Hammad, Isabella2023
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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 and now dissolute marriage. On her return, she finds that 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.
Main title:
Enter ghost / Isabella Hammad.
Author:
Hammad, Isabella, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2023.
Collation:
432 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781787334069 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2588258
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