{"product_id":"9781526618818-against-the-loveless-world","title":"Against the Loveless World","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Palestine Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful . Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN\u003cbr\u003e'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Palestine Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNahr has been confined to the Cube: nine square metres of glossy grey cinderblock, devoid of time, its patterns of light and dark nothing to do with day and night. Journalists visit her, but get nowhere; because Nahr is not going to share her story with them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world outside calls Nahr a terrorist, and a whore; some might call her a revolutionary, or a hero. But the truth is, Nahr has always been many things, and had many names. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was a girl who learned, early and painfully, that when you are a second class citizen love is a kind of desperation; she learned, above all else, to survive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe was a girl who went to Palestine in the wrong shoes, and without looking for it found what she had always lacked in the basement of a battered beauty parlour: purpose, politics, friends. She found a dark-eyed man called Bilal, who taught her to resist; who tried to save her when it was already too late. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNahr sits in the Cube, and tells her story to Bilal. Bilal, who isn’t there; Bilal, who may not even be alive, but who is her only reason to get out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944767664225,"sku":"9781526618818","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29904640.jpg?v=1725868607","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526618818-against-the-loveless-world","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}