Homeland elegies
"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 th...
Main Author: | Akhtar, Ayad. (Author) |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2020.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Summary: |
"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"-- |
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Physical Description: |
xx, 345 pages ; 25 cm |
ISBN: |
9780316496421 0316496421 9780316706483 0316706485 9780316702997 0316702994 |
Author Notes: |
Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. His work has been published and performed in over two dozen languages. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |