{"product_id":"in-case-of-emergency-9781952177866","title":"In Case of Emergency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this prize-winning Iranian novel, a spoiled and foul-mouthed young woman looks to get high while her family and city fall to pieces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when the world is falling apart and you're in withdrawal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisillusioned, wealthy, and addicted to opium, Shadi wakes up one day to apocalyptic earthquakes and a dangerously low stash. Outside, Tehran is crumbling: yuppies flee in bumper-to-bumper traffic as skaters and pretty boys rise up to claim the city as theirs. Cross-dressed to evade hijab laws, Shadi flits between her dysfunctional family and depressed friends--all in search of her next fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahsa Mohebali's groundbreaking novel about Iranian counterculture is a satirical portrait of the disaster that is contemporary life. Weaving together gritty vernacular and cinematic prose, \u003cem\u003eIn Case of Emergency \u003c\/em\u003etakes a darkly humorous, scathing look at the authoritarian state, global capitalism, and the gender binary.\u003c\/p\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-7088086\"\u003eMahsa Mohebali\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952177866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952177863\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-FIC054000\"\u003eAsian American\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-FIC064000\"\u003eAbsurdist\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMahsa Mohebali \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Iranian fiction writer. She is the author of several novels, as well as short story collections. Her short stories have appeared in English in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian \u003c\/em\u003eas well as the anthologies \u003cem\u003eTehran Noir \u003c\/em\u003e(Akashic Books, 2014, trans. Salar Abdoh) and \u003cem\u003eAlive and Kicking: Short Stories by Contemporary Iranian Women Writers \u003c\/em\u003e(Aftab Publication, 2017, trans. Amir Marashi). In 2013 Mohebali was a resident with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She lives and works in Tehran.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMariam Rahmani \u003c\/strong\u003eis a writer, translator, and scholar. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/em\u003e; her translations have been published with \u003cem\u003eColumbia Journal \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAfter Cinema: Fictions From A Collective Memory\u003c\/em\u003e; and her nonfiction writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eBOMB \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, among other venues. She is the recipient of a 2018 PEN\/Heim Translation Grant and a US Fulbright Research Award, and holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She is currently working on a debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704750936301,"sku":"9781952177866","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_eae20a14-831a-47fd-a028-05f74eaec5fd.jpg?v=1650003075","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/in-case-of-emergency-9781952177866","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}