BookTalk introduces readers to a carefully chosen, provocative selection of novels for reading and informal discussion, considering the author’s writing techniques and the character’s personal journeys. Readings include translations of books from other countries and cultures in the search for fictions that illuminate the lives and understanding of those from all across the globe.
This class focuses on Enter Ghost (2024) by Isabella Hammad. In the aftermath of her divorce, a British Palestinian actress travels to Israel to visit her sister, regain her equilibrium, and restart her stalled career. Once there, she joins a West Bank staging of Hamlet and reacquaints herself with her family's homeland. As she comes to terms with her troubled marriage to a director, she begins to understand through adult eyes the occupied land that she left as an adolescent, undergoing a political awakening as well as a personal one.
Login/Create account
