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A deeply personal work about hope and identity in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque adventure -- at its heart, it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and our ideals have been sacrificed to the gods of finance, where a TV personality is president and immigrants live in fear, and where the nation's unhealed wounds of 9/11 wreak havoc around the world. Akhtar attempts to make sense of it all through the lens of a story about one family, from a heartland town in America to palatial suites in Central Europe to guerilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, and spares no one -- least of all himself -- in the process.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 'passionate, Disturbing, Unputdownable' Salman Rushdie'urgent, Intimate. Does Nothing Short Of Laying Bare The Broken Heart Of Our American Dream Turned Reality Tv Nightmare' A.m. Homesan American Son And His Immigrant Father Search For Belonging And Reconciliation In The Age Of Trump.a Deeply Personal Novel Of Identity And Belonging In A Nation Coming Apart At The Seams, Homeland Elegies Blends Fact And Fiction To Tell An Epic Story Of Belonging And Dispossession In The World That 9/11 Made. Part Family Drama, Part Satire, Part Picaresque, At Its Heart It Is The Story Of A Father And Son, And The Country They Call Home.ranging From The Heartland Towns Of America To Palatial Suites In Davos To Guerrilla Lookouts In The Mountains Of Afghanistan, Akhtar Forges A Narrative Voice That Is Original As It Is Exuberantly Entertaining. This Is A World In Which Debt Has Ruined Countless Lives And The Gods Of Finance Rule, Where Immigrants Live In Fear And The Unhealed Wounds Of 9/11 Continue To Wreak Havoc. Homeland Elegies Is A Novel Written In Love And Anger, Which Spares No One, Least Of All The Author Himself. Seller Inventory # 1510884
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. An American son and his immigrant father search for belonging and reconciliation in the age of Trump. A deeply personal novel of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, HOMELAND ELEGIES blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part satire, part picaresque, at its heart it is the story of a father and son, and the country they call home. Ranging from the heartland towns of America to palatial suites in Davos to guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, Akhtar forges a narrative voice that is original as it is exuberantly entertaining. This is a world in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear and the unhealed wounds of 9/11 continue to wreak havoc. HOMELAND ELEGIES is a novel written in love and anger, which spares no one, least of all the author himself. 345 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781472276872. Inventory No: 274694. Seller Inventory # 274694
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