{"product_id":"an-unlasting-home","title":"An Unlasting Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSara is a philosophy professor at Kuwait University. Her relationship with Kuwait is complicated; it is a country she recognises less and less. Yet since her return from the States eleven years earlier, a certain inertia has kept her there. When she is accused of blasphemy, which carries with it the threat of execution, Sara realises she must reconcile her feelings and her place in the world once and for all. Awaiting trial, Sara retraces the past, intent on examining the lives of the women who made her. She conjures forth her grandmothers - beautiful and stubborn Yasmine, who marries the son of the Pasha of Basra and lives to regret it, and Lulwa, born poor in Kuwait and later swept off to India by her wealthy merchant husband. An Unlasting Home brings to life the triumphs and failures of three generations of Arab women. At once intimate and sweeping, personal and political, it is an unforgettable family portrait and a spellbinding epic tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e'A mesmerising saga of women’s resilience in the face of political turmoil.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBuzz Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A smooth, fast-flowing narrative […] a testament to the eternal vibrancy of women in the Arab world.’ \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An author already confident in her craft and her ability to give voice to the emotions and yearnings of her characters.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A spellbinding family history unfolds as a Kuwaiti woman goes on trial for blasphemy in a world gone mad. Deftly written, structurally brilliant, Mai Al-Nakib's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Unlasting Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a lasting novel that splits open time, leaps across continents and creates the sort of characters we carry forward into our hearts and lives. I absolutely loved this book.' \u003cstrong\u003e--A. Manette Ansay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An ambitious family epic with a historical sweep, an elegy to grandmothers and mothers who were forced from their original homes by personal or political circumstances in the Middle East to build nests elsewhere.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Unlasting Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unforgettable story of people making choices for love, family, freedom and identity against the tidal forces of history in the Arab region. Shimmering with poetic prose, and as pressingly real as the white heat of August in Baghdad, this poignant debut will keep you in its thrall.' \u003cstrong\u003e--Juhea Kim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deeply enchanting, at times suspenseful, and always engaging, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Unlasting Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is filled with tales of women's lives and their intersection with the often volatile and unpredictable currents of nations, war and political history. Mai Al-Nakib's storyteller's voice is fresh and original. Her book grabbed me from the outset and kept me entranced to the last page.' \u003cstrong\u003e--Diana Abu-Jaber\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mai Al-Nakib lyrically explores themes of homeland, tradition and agency as she relates the stories of generations of Arab women across Kuwait, the US, Iraq, India and Lebanon.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grapples profoundly with the limits of individual choice and the hold exerted by a person's homeland ... accomplished and searing.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'So fresh and unsettling that it will enchant you from the first page and linger for days after reading ... Deftly written ... Its epic family saga style echoes that of Hala Alyan's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSalt Houses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Arsonists' City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ayad Akhtar's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Min Jin Lee's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePachinko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sweeping novel that will stick with readers for a long time.' -\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDebutiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For lovers of sweeping, multigenerational epics like Yaa Gyasi’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHomegoing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or Min Jin Lee’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePachinko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this story following three generations of Arab women will strike right at the heart.'\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBitch Media\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An ambitious family epic with a historical sweep, an elegy to grandmothers and mothers who were forced from their original homes by personal or political circumstances in the Middle East to build nests elsewhere.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Refreshing and eye-opening.' \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mai Al-Nakib","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45247703482568,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/unlasting_home.jpg?v=1793721376","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/an-unlasting-home","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}