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Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

by Isabella Hammad

Narrative, literature, and Palestine

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Narrative, literature, and Palestine

Combining the text of Isabella Hammad’s Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture, delivered shortly before October 7, 2023, with an afterword written in the early weeks of 2024, this essay examines the Palestinian struggle through questions of narrative. Hammad brings literary and cultural analysis to bear on how stories shape the understanding of political events, situating her discussion within a period the source describes as a turning point in the story of human history. The book’s form connects a public lecture with a later reflection, placing its analysis in close relation to the events it addresses.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in Palestine and the narratives surrounding its struggle.
  • For those exploring connections between literature, culture, and political events.
  • For readers seeking an essay grounded in a lecture and a subsequent afterword.

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PalestineNarrative and political understandingLiterary and cultural analysisHistorical events

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Book overview

"Extraordinary and amazingly erudite. Hammad shows how art and especially literature can be much, much more revealing than political writing." --Rashid Khalidi, New York Times bestselling author of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

From the award-winning author of The Parisian and Enter Ghost comes an outstanding essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative

Nine days before October 7, 2023, award-winning author Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at Columbia University. 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 seems a turning point in the narrative of human history. Profound and moving, Hammad writes from within the moment, shedding light on the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Recognizing the Stranger 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.

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