{"product_id":"homeland-elegies-9781472276872","title":"Homeland Elegies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautiful novel about an American son and his immigrant father that has echoes of THE GREAT GATSBY'' N\u003ci\u003eew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from the heartland towns of America to palatial suites in Europe 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, whe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent, intimate hybrid of memoir and fiction, HOMELAND ELEGIES thrusts us into the heart of a father-son relationship and in the process - improbably - does nothing short of laying bear the broken heart of our American dream turned reality TV nightmare... \u003cb\u003eStunning\u003c\/b\u003e * A M Homes *\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful novel about an American son and his immigrant father that has echoes of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAyad Akhtar offers up his heart and life with\u003cb\u003e an honesty that astonishes\u003c\/b\u003e.  \u003cb\u003eNever have I experienced such a reading thrill\u003c\/b\u003e * Maria Semple *\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the \u003cb\u003ebest American novel\u003c\/b\u003e I have read in several years -- Richard Flanagan\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cb\u003e passionate, wrenching\u003c\/b\u003e portrayal of Americans exiled into otherness by a post 9\/11 world * Jennifer Egan *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe challenge of remembering one's identity in a racist culture is at the heart of Akhtar's remarkable new book,  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOMELAND ELEGIES\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003eIt would not surprise me if it wins him a second Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/b\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA triumph.\u003c\/b\u003e Akhtar rages, he sings, he indicts, he falls in love, he sorrows, he dreams, he mourns, he transcribes! - and finally he transmutes injustice into \u003cb\u003ethe sublimest art\u003c\/b\u003e * Joshua Ferris *\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eastonishing \u003c\/b\u003ework of an \u003cb\u003eabsolutely brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e writer.  With \u003cb\u003eexquisite prose and lacerating honesty\u003c\/b\u003e, Ayad Akhtar reveals the intersections of art, finance, race, religion, academia and empire * Philip Klay *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the book of the year\u003c\/b\u003e * Oprah Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart fiction, part memoir, and all brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e * Ron Charles *\u003cbr\u003eProvocative and urgent... a revelation * Publishers Weekly *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090949304663,"sku":"9781472276872","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472276872.jpg?v=1762273850","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/homeland-elegies-9781472276872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}