No Land to Light On
by Yara Zgheib
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Pub Date 3 Mar 2022 | Archive Date 7 Mar 2022
Atlantic Books | Allen & Unwin
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Description
Exit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future...when a travel ban rips them apart on the eve of their son's birth.
Boston, 2017: When Hadi returns to his heavily pregnant partner Sama after a trip to Jordan to bury his father, he is stopped at border control - a hostile new immigration law has just been enacted - while she awaits him on the other side.
Worlds apart, suspended between hope and disillusion as hours become days become weeks, Sama and Hadi yearn for a way back to each other, and to the life they'd dreamed up together. But does that life exist any more, or was it only an illusion?
Achingly intimate yet poignantly universal, No Land to Light On is the story of a family caught up in forces beyond their control, fighting for the freedom and home they found in one another.
Advance Praise
'Zgheib writes so lyrically about rootlessness, separation and a fierce longing for home that it makes the tragedy of war that much easier to bear. Sama and Hadi will always hold a special place in my heart. ALKA JOSHI, author of The Henna Artist and The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
'A masterful story of tragedy and redemption, an entire history told through the prism of a single Syrian couple, beginning and ending with love.' HALA ALYAN, award-winning author of Salt Houses and The Arsonists' City
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781838954857 |
PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
What a stunning book! I loved the writing and there were so many moments where it broke my heart. I can't wait to read more by this author.