Mornings in Jenin
A Novel
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Mornings in Jenin
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Suzanne Toren
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Susan Abulhawa
“Timeless in its truth.”—Fattima Bhutto
“Powerful and passionate.”—Michael Palin
“A novel to savor.”—Maureen Corrigan
“Relevant, powerful, emotional and vivid.”—Bidisha Mamat
Mornings in Jenin is a heart-wrenching multi-generational account of one family's struggle and survival through the decades before and after Zionist colonization and theft of Palestine. Carrying us from Ein Hod to Jenin to Jerusalem, to Lebanon, then to the anonymity of America and finally back to Occupied Palestine, it is a novel of vital importance, “affirming all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit” (Hanan Ashrawi).
“Affects me emotionally in a way only great novels can.”—Henning Mankell
“Achingly beautiful.”—Saleem Haddad
“When we grow numb to horror, when our minds slam shut in shock and denial, sometimes a story can slip to reawaken our humanity. This is that story, never more relevant.”—Laline Paull©2010 Susan Abulhawa (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews
A heart-shattering novel, timeless in its truth. Every page resounds with the profound injustice done to Palestine, every page shimmers with a promise of hope, both breathed to life by susan abulhawa’s masterful writing.
susan abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior . . . A major writer of our time, to read [her] is to begin to understand not simply the misinformation we have received for decades about what has gone on in Palestine and the Middle East, but to come to terms with our own resistance to feeling the terror of our own fear of Truth.
Never before have I read such a fascinating novel about Palestine and Israel. It gives insight and affects me emotionally in a way only great novels can.
A powerful and passionate insight into what many Palestinians have had to endure since the state of Israel was created. susan abulhawa guides us through traumatic events with anger and great tenderness too, creating unforgettable images of a world in which humanity and inhumanity, selflessness and selfishness, love and hate grow so close to each other.
In both its specific Palestinian content and its larger human dimension, this novel is at once a challenge to complacency and ignorance as well as an affirmation of all that is enduring and valuable in the undefeated human spirit.
When we grow numb to horror, when our minds slam shut in shock and denial, sometimes a story can slip to reawaken our humanity. This is that story, never more relevant, and my heart is stronger for reading it.
Relevant, powerful, emotional, and vivid, [Mornings in Jenin] is now an essential must-read for anyone who cares about the state of the world.
Luminous . . . The reissue is especially timely as the dominant Western narrative concerning Israel’s land theft and dehumanization of Palestinians is challenged by the world’s close-up view of genocide in Gaza.
Achingly beautiful, a modern Palestinian classic.
Piercing, lyrical, and unfailingly moving, [Mornings in Jenin] is the multigenerational story of a Palestinian family . . . Every character, Jewish or Palestinian, is drawn with great nuance—even tenderness—paradoxically illuminating the evils of the Zionist cause, its greed, its relentless quest for power . . . a most extraordinary journey through history and human emotions.
Still has a lasting impact on me. A story that I once read, and turned out to be my reality as well.
An indelible family saga of resilience and humanity in the face of colonial injustice, Mornings in Jenin is as timely and urgent today as it was when it first debuted. With an eye for historical detail and a subtle grasp of emotional truth, susan abulhawa writes with integrity and grace. If you read only one novel about Palestine this year, let it be this one.
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