Recognising the Stranger

'A book that calls us to witness our place in history' Sally Rooney<BR><BR>An urgent and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Enter Ghost.<BR><BR>Award-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.<BR><BR>Moving and erudite, Recognising the Stranger is a brilliant melding of literary and cultural analysis in which Hammad sheds true light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom.<BR><BR>'Hammad shows us how the Palestinian struggle is the story of humanity itself, and asks us not to look away but to see ourselves' MAX PORTER<BR><BR>'A reminder of the radical potential of reading and the possibility of change' OLIVIA SUDJIC<BR><BR>'Extraordinary and amazingly erudite' RASHID KHALIDI