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Enter Ghost Hardback - 2023

by Hammad, Isabella

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Grove Press, 2023. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Enter Ghost
  • Author Hammad, Isabella
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press
  • Publication date 2023
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G080216238XI4N10
  • ISBN 9780802162380 / 080216238X
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2022055617
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.92
  • Quantity available 5

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This seller has earned a 4.10 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
4.10 / 5 (13415 total reviews)

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad received predominantly positive reception, though with some notable reservations. The novel, which follows a British-Palestinian actress returning to Palestine to perform in a West Bank production of Hamlet, was widely praised for its thoughtful exploration of art, identity, and political resistance. Many readers commended Hammad's precise prose and sophisticated thematic layering. However, a significant minority found fault with the protagonist Sonia's characterization, describing her as self-absorbed and difficult to connect with. Some readers also struggled with the novel's pacing, dense symbolism, and lengthy introspective passages. The book was generally recognized as intellectually ambitious and politically resonant, though opinions diverged sharply on its execution and emotional impact.

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From the publisher

Winner of the Aspen Words Literary Prize
Winner of the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

"Assured and formidable." -- Wall Street Journal

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. This is her first trip back since the second intifada and the deaths of their grandparents: 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.

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. Sonia is soon rehearsing Gertude's lines in Classical Arabic and spending more time in Ramallah than Haifa, along with a dedicated group of men from all over historic Palestine 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 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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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2023, Page 23
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2023, Page 0
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/2022, Page 3
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/23/2023, Page 0

About the author

Isabella Hammad was born in London. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the New York Times, Conjunctions, and elsewhere. She was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and a 2019 O. Henry Prize. Her first novel The Parisian (2019) won a Palestine Book Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in the UK. She was a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree, and has received literary fellowships from MacDowell, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, and the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination.

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