Synopses & Reviews
In ONLY IN LONDON, Hanan al-Shaykh explores a theme that has shaped much of her work: the lives of people caught between worlds, especially between the ways of East and West.
Four strangers meet on an airplane bound for London from Dubai. While their backgrounds are vastly different, each one has a reason for taking this flight. Some are fleeing their homes and their pasts, others are returning to face old
challenges. All are struggling to find a place for themselves in an uncertain world.
Written in the lean and masterful prose that is her trademark, Hanan al-Shaykh demonstrates once again that she is a master chronicler of the modern Arab experience.