This "profound and provocative" work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish followsan immigrant father and his son as they search for belonging--in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews).
"Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." --Salman Rushdie
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020
Finalist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
A Best Book of 2020 * Washington Post * O Magazine * New York Times Book Review * Publishers Weekly
"Never trust the artist, trust the tale"~ DH Lawrence This book of "memoir-fiction"[author description] has lanquished on my shelf for a long time. I only wish I had read it sooner. I was first introduced to Akhtar reading "American Dervish". In this hybrid, he writes about his father and his family;s oersonal struggles pre-immigration through post 9/11. It is not an easy book and I found myself disagreeing with some characters...
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The protagonist is a NY playwright who grew up in the Midwest, with Pakistani immigrant parents. He deals with heightened post 9/11 islamophobic ignorance, rigid dogmatic adherents to religious text, temporary pet status of billionaires, and a father who supports Trump.
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As the weather starts to turn colder, there’s nothing like curling up with a good book. The list of titles coming out this fall is packed with must-reads. This week we feature ten new and upcoming books, along with suggestions of what you can read first.