Nahr 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.

The world outside calls Nahr ...

Arab American Book Award Winner
2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
2020 Athenaeum Literary Award Finalist
2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner
Longlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize

"Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevi...

Bloomsbury presents Against the Loveless World written and read by Susan Abulhawa.

A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO

'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL

'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN

'A fearless work of imagination' AHD...