Enter Ghost
Women's Prize for Fiction · 2023 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2023 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Sonia, a Palestinian-British actress, travels to the West Bank to visit her sister and unexpectedly becomes involved in a production of Hamlet. As she rehearses with an unlikely cast of Palestinian performers, the play's themes of occupation, mourning, and resistance resonate more deeply than she anticipated.
About the Author
Isabella HammadBritish-Palestinian
Isabella Hammad is a British-Palestinian novelist born in 1992. Her debut novel The Parisian (2019), about a young Palestinian man educated in France during the late Ottoman period, won the Betty Trask Award, the Palestine Book Award, and the Sue Kaufman Prize. Enter Ghost (2023) was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Read more →
