Amy Abdelnoor
Ever Land
A gripping and powerful story of connection and displacement set in 2000s Palestine.
“An astonishingly compelling novel which is full of moral grace.”
“Ambitious and complex but handled with impressive ease.”
“Cleverly conceived and brilliantly engaging, EVER LAND is a powerful novel about young love and political awakening in Israel and Palestine at the turn of the millennium ... Read this.”
“Piercing, personal, necessary.”
“This is a brave book, researched with diligence and written with heartfelt sincerity. Amy Abdelnoor has produced a remarkable story that shines a powerful light on one of the most tragic conflicts of our time. It rings with truth.”
“A vital tale about the biggest humanitarian crisis of our times. Abdelnoor’s novel masterfully interweaves two women’s lives in modern Palestine, decades apart, to portray true belonging in a land whose past will not be forgotten. For anyone looking to really understand the Israeli occupation of Palestine, this is the book.”
‘A haunting, lyrical novel that seems almost to dissolve time.
Everyone should read it.’
- Louise Kennedy
“Urgent, painful and compassionate, a novel of huge power.”
“Compassionate and beautifully observed. Abdelnoor writes about the histories that shape our present with unsparing humanity.”
“Vividly and evocatively brings to readers a place and a people they are unlikely to be able to visit in person, and the truths about the moral travesty of our lifetime.”
“Ever Land is a brave, beautifully written novel - tender and devastating in equal measure. Through the intertwined voices of Dinah and Safa, Amy Abdelnoor renders Palestinian lives with a clarity and compassion that cannot be looked away from, revealing how history lives inside the everyday and how connection can exist across the most brutal divides. It is an ambitious, assured debut, and I finished it utterly bereft.”
“A stunning debut that takes the reader on an intimate journey to the heart of the Palestinian story. Laced with the unique perspectives of her own experiences, Amy Abdelnoor has created a story of exceptional power and intensity. A must-read novel filled with surprising revelations and thrilling twists.”
“Occasionally, a new novel comes along that has the power to restore our faith in humanity whilst meeting the absolute priority of being a belting good read. Amy Abdelnoor’s Ever Land is one of these rare gems. With a bold leap of imaginative good faith Abdelnoor fuses the atoms of occupied and occupier, past and present, living and dead souls, in an engrossing and often heart-stopping story of ethical, political and sexual awakening that is both page-turning and profound.
Ever Land is an urgent and timely story of how hearts, minds and lives of all young people are constrained and brutally misshapen to reproduce the oppressive systems into which we are born without prior choice. Amy Abdelnoor dramatizes how all children of apartheid – whether our parents be victims or perpetrators - can look beyond the stories we have been told and face the necessity to choose for ourselves.”
“a novel of huge power”