I’ve sat on reviewing this book for a long time because I struggle to find the words to convey my thoughts about it in a succinct way.
I’m giving up on a comprehensive review and instead I’ll say Against the Loveless World is beautiful and wrenching, an immersive story of a Palestinian woman displaced by politics, colonizers, and patriarchy trying to survive, live, and love in an inhospitable world.
The title comes from James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. The writing is gorgeous and impactful; both the writing and reading of this story is a political act.
Against the Loveless World is a 2021 Aspen Words Prize Finalist.
That Bookish Life 