{"product_id":"recognising-the-stranger-on-palestine-and-narrative","title":"Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eby Isabella Hammad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle, Edward Said and the power of narrative\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-SHORTLISTED AND RSL ENCORE AWARD-WINNING 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 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 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, Hammad writes from within the moment, shedding light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom. \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 by one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and a foremost writer of fiction in the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eRECOGNISING THE STRANGER\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRecognising the Stranger\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecombines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eintellectual brilliance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emoral clarity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eprofound resoluteness of purpose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSALLY ROONEY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003epitch-perfect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e example of how the novelist can get to the heart of the matter better than a million argumentative articles. 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'Hammad's writing burns with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efierce intelligence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ehumane insight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003erighteous anger\u003c\/span\u003e\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\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'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExtraordinary and amazingly erudite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRASHID KHALIDI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palestine Center for Peace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43137254195298,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/0506\/files\/61Wwe7iYyML._SY425.jpg?v=1784684443","url":"https:\/\/palestinecenterforpeace.com.au\/products\/recognising-the-stranger-on-palestine-and-narrative","provider":"Palestine Center for Peace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}