{"product_id":"homeland-elegies-9780316496414","title":"Homeland Elegies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"beautiful novel . . . has echoes of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: an immigrant father and his son search for belonging\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ein post-Trump America, and with each other (Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e10 Best Books of the Year  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2020 * Entertainment Weekly * Washington Post * O Magazine * New York Times Book Review * Publishers Weekly * NPR * The Economist * Shelf Awareness * Library Journal * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Slate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, \u003ci\u003eHomeland Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear, and where the nation's unhealed wounds 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 guerrilla lookouts in the mountains of Afghanistan, and spares no one--least of all himself--in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable.\" --Salman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14025468\"\u003eAyad Akhtar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316496414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316496413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyad Akhtar\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, novelist, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dervish\u003c\/i\u003e (Little, Brown \u0026amp; Co.), published in more than twenty languages and named a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2012. As a playwright, he has written \u003ci\u003eJunk\u003c\/i\u003e (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Kennedy Prize for American Drama, Tony nomination); \u003ci\u003eDisgraced\u003c\/i\u003e (Lincoln Center, Broadway; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony nomination); \u003ci\u003eThe Who \u0026amp; The What\u003c\/i\u003e (Lincoln Center); and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Hand\u003c\/i\u003e (NYTW; Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, Olivier, and Evening Standard nominations). As a screenwriter, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe War Within\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong other honors, Akhtar is the recipient the Steinberg Playwrighting Award, the Nestroy Award, the Erwin Piscator Award, as well as fellowships from the American Academy in Rome, MacDowell, the Sundance Institute, and Yaddo, where he serves as a Board Director. Additionally, Ayad is a Board Trustee at PEN\/America, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and New York Theatre Workshop. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709620949229,"sku":"9780316496414","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bdf81dc3-311d-41c4-9bf3-3d1462cce5ba.jpg?v=1650122356","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/homeland-elegies-9780316496414","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}