{"product_id":"recognising-the-stranger-on-palestine-and-narrative","title":"Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A book that calls us to witness our place in history’ Sally Rooney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn urgent and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEnter Ghost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Lecture at Columbia University nine days before 7 October 2023. The text of Hammad’s seminal speech and her afterword written in the early weeks of 2024 together make up a searing appraisal of the war on Palestine during what feels like a turning point in the narrative of human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving and erudite, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a brilliant melding of literary and cultural analysis in which Hammad sheds true light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hammad shows us how the Palestinian struggle is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethe story of humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e itself, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003easks us not to look away but to see ourselves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMAX PORTER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A reminder of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eradical potential of reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epossibility of change\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOLIVIA SUDJIC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Extraordinary and amazingly erudite' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRASHID KHALIDI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIsabella Hammad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Parisian\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEnter Ghost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and has been awarded the RSL Encore Prize, the Aspen Words Literary Prize, the Plimpton Prize for Fiction, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Palestine Book Award and a Betty Trask Award. She has received fellowships from MacDowell and the Lannan Foundation. In 2023, she was included as one of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGranta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintellectual brilliance with moral clarity\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eprofound resoluteness of purpose\u003cspan\u003e. This is a book that calls us to witness our place in history. Isabella Hammad deserves our thanks for sharing it with the world \u003cstrong\u003e-- Sally Rooney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003epitch-perfect example\u003cspan\u003e of how the \u003c\/span\u003enovelist can get to the heart of the matter better than a million argumentative articles\u003cspan\u003e. Hammad shows us how the Palestinian struggle is the story of humanity itself, and asks us not to look away but to see ourselves \u003cstrong\u003e-- Max Porter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout a doubt \u003c\/span\u003ethe most powerful book I have read this year\u003cspan\u003e . . . devastating, but so sharp, clear-eyed and insightful that \u003c\/span\u003eI’d urge anyone to read it\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDazed Digital, *Books of the Year*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe combination of humanism and criticism in this short bookis remarkable,\u003cspan\u003e and reminds us not to look away from the situation, as a first step towards answering the searching questions it raises \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrieze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eA clear-eyed meditation\u003cspan\u003e on myth, confrontation and the Palestinian struggle for liberation . . . \u003c\/span\u003edeeply moving\u003cspan\u003e . . . Hammad urges her readers to listen, think beyond despair, and speak out \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHammad’s writing \u003c\/span\u003eburns with fierce intelligence\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003ehumane insight\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003erighteous anger\u003cspan\u003e. For those at risk of despair, doubtful of the role literature has to play in times of crisis, it is a reminder of the \u003c\/span\u003eradical potential of reading\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003epossibility of change\u003cspan\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003e- Olivia Sudjic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003ea rigorous interrogation of the power of narrative\u003cspan\u003e, its usefulness, its various forms, and the ways it shapes our modes of being in the world. It speaks to literature’s capacity to invoke moments of recognition, and pushes us, as readers, to reconsider the function of storytelling within structures of oppression. It does this with \u003c\/span\u003ea deep sense of conviction and moral clarity\u003cspan\u003e conveyed by a writer who is, by all accounts, \u003c\/span\u003ea supremely gifted communicator\u003cspan\u003e, and we are all the better for it \u003cstrong\u003e-- Michael Magee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eExtraordinary and amazingly erudite\u003cspan\u003e. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing \u003cstrong\u003e-- Rashid Khalidi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThought-provoking and timely\u003cspan\u003e, this lecture celebrates Said's intellectual courage and enduring relevance while highlighting the cruelty in which Palestinians continue to live. Combining both her literary skill and acute power of observation, Hammad weaves together \u003c\/span\u003ea diagnostic and powerful essay\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich will \u003c\/span\u003eundoubtedly be appreciated for years to come\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Diana Buttu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnimated by an extraordinary faith in the power of art to return us to the human in ourselves and each other, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a \u003c\/span\u003eprofound exploration of myth, meaning, the novel, the Palestinian struggle and the work of Edward W. Said\u003cspan\u003e. The insights she finds into the present moment feel \u003c\/span\u003eat once prescient and eternal\u003cspan\u003e and the result left me changed \u003cstrong\u003e-- Alexander Chee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks an uncharted terrain of literary critique in the shadow of Edward Said, revealing abundant insight about both the method and the intellectual. In this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epowerful revelation\u003cspan\u003e, Isabella Hammad triumphantly teaches us about anagorisis and produces a work that is its embodiment. A \u003c\/span\u003emoving read\u003cspan\u003e characterised by its timelessness and the precision with which \u003c\/span\u003eit speaks to this historical moment\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-- Noura Erakat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003eurgent work for a devastating time\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e proves that Isabella Hammad is as fine a critic as she is a novelist. Following in the tradition of Edward Said, she demands an ethical, political and artistic confrontation with the text, the world, and the other. It is hardly a surprise that she is \u003c\/span\u003eone of our most astute writers\u003cspan\u003e when it comes to Palestine \u003cstrong\u003e-- Viet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsabella Hammad’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the text of her 2023 Columbia University Edward W. Said Lecture published with a new afterword a year on from the event, weaves its literary critical apparatus into \u003c\/span\u003ean urgent intervention in the Palestinian struggle for liberation\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArtReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isabella Hammad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893654679752,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/recognizing_stranger.jpg?v=1767782211","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/recognising-the-stranger-on-palestine-and-narrative","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}