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An epic novel of historic Palestine from the award-winning author of Time of White Horses
"His writing, deeply rooted in themes of exile, identity, and resistance, has been translated into multiple languages, earning him international acclaim as one of the most important voices in contemporary Arab literature."—World Literature Today
In eighteenth-century Palestine, on the shores of Galilee’s Lake Tiberias, visionary political and military leader Dahir al-Umar al-Zaydani undertakes a journey toward the greatest aim anyone could hope to achieve in his day: the establishment of an autonomous Arab state. To do so he must challenge the rule of the greatest power in the world at the time—the Ottoman Empire—while translating the ideals of human dignity, justice, and religious tolerance into concrete daily realities.
In this compelling story of love and loss, victory and defeat, loyalty and betrayal, award-winning poet and novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah, author of the Arabic Booker shortlisted Time of White Horses, once again brings Palestinian history alive with a set of characters and events both real and imagined to capture the essence of a rich and dramatic epoch in the turbulent annals of a land that has been fought over for millennia.
PRAISE FOR IBRAHIM NASRALLAH:
"Nasrallah's intensely eloquent voice gives Western audiences an insight into the lives of the marginalized without rattling off numbers."—Tam Hussein, New Statesman
"[Nasrallah] conveys a powerful sense of the textures of place, time and custom."—Raymond Deane, The Electronic Intifada
"His writing, deeply rooted in themes of exile, identity, and resistance, has been translated into multiple languages, earning him international acclaim as one of the most important voices in contemporary Arab literature."—World Literature Today
"Written in a shimmering and sensitive style."—Salma Khadra Jayyusi
“Nasrallah’s literary works span universal issues and themes woven into the Palestinian struggle that allow readers to connect deeply with Palestine outside of a colonial framework.” She went on to say that his work “is now more important than ever considering the plight of Palestinians. It is time the world sees the true Palestine, and Nasrallah’s work can offer this perspective.”—Shereen Malherbe
Ibrahim Nasrallah was born to Palestinian parents in Jordan in 1954, and grew up in a refugee camp there. He has won the Jerusalem Award for Culture and Creativity, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the Palestine Prize, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He has published 16 poetry collections, 26 novels, an autobiography, and 2 books on film criticism, and more than 50 translations of his books have been published across the world, including in English, Italian, Danish, Turkish, Spanish, Persian, and other languages. His novels include Time of White Horses, Lanterns of the King of Galilee, and Gaza Weddings.
Nancy Roberts is an award-winning translator of a number of Arabic novels including Salwa Bakr's The Man from Bashmour, for which she received a commendation in the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Translation, and Ibrahim Nasrallah's Gaza Weddings, for which she was awarded the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding. Her most recent translation is Ibrahim al-Koni's The Night Will Have Its Say. She lives in Wheaton, Illinois.