American Dervish: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Autor Ayad Akhtaren Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 ian 2013
'Terrific' The Times
'Extraordinary' Sunday Express
'A great American story' Metro
HOW OFTEN DOES SOMEONE YOU MEET TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE?
Hayat Shah was captivated by Mina long before he met her: his mother's beautiful, brilliant friend is a family legend. When he learns that Mina is leaving Pakistan to live with the Shahs in America, Hayat is thrilled.
Hayat's father is less enthusiastic. Ever wary of fundamentalism, he doesn't relish the idea of Mina's fervid devotion under his roof.
What no one expects is that when Mina shows Hayat the beauty of the Quran, it will utterly transform him.
Mina's real magic may be that the Shah household becomes a happy one. But when Mina catches the eye of a Jewish doctor and family friend, Hayat's jealousy is inflamed by the community's anti-Semitism - and he acts with catastrophic consequences for those he loves most.
A DEVASTATINGLY MOVING NOVEL FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST EXCITING WRITERS
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year
An O, the Oprah Magazine Book of the Year
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781780220710
ISBN-10: 1780220715
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 131 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1780220715
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 131 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
A terrific first novel, warm and wise.
this book is prescient and timely in both recognising and dramatically exploring this increasingly unbreachable social divide.
his dialogue is free-flowing and natural, and he has a good eye for small visual details within a scene that colour the mood of the action around them.
Both extremists and the ambivalent are accorded even-handed coverage and the characterisation is strong
American Dervish is an extraordinary novel and one you certainly won't regret reading
Akhtar proves the capacity of the great American stories to be endlessly renewed by each generation of writers
There are themes here reminiscent of The Go-Between by L.P.Hartley and Ian McEwan's more recent Atonement, of a life scarred by chame at a childish act that has catastrophic consequences in adult life.
American Dervish is about the collision of cultures, identity and religion in 1980s America.
a pleasing read
Ayad Akhtar's first novel is deftly plotted, with a frame narrative that shows how Hayat's sense of shame pursues him into adulthood. There are shades of Ian McEwan's Atonement, but Akhtar's writing has a crisp, imagistic quality all its own.
'A terrific first novel, warm and wise' The Times
Hayat is living a life dominated by school and baseball in Midwest America. His existence is ruffled only by the tension between his parents. Then Mina appears and changes everything.
Mina is beautiful, independent and fleeing a disastrous marriage in Pakistan. Her presence is healing, and her sense of spirituality reonates with Hayat as nothing has before. But this new sense of purpose is mingled with a growing infatuation for the woman he calls Aunt.
When Mina catches the eye of another, Hayat's jealousy is fuelled by the prejudices of those around him. If he acts, the impact will ricochet through his community with catastrophic consequences . . .
this book is prescient and timely in both recognising and dramatically exploring this increasingly unbreachable social divide.
his dialogue is free-flowing and natural, and he has a good eye for small visual details within a scene that colour the mood of the action around them.
Both extremists and the ambivalent are accorded even-handed coverage and the characterisation is strong
American Dervish is an extraordinary novel and one you certainly won't regret reading
Akhtar proves the capacity of the great American stories to be endlessly renewed by each generation of writers
There are themes here reminiscent of The Go-Between by L.P.Hartley and Ian McEwan's more recent Atonement, of a life scarred by chame at a childish act that has catastrophic consequences in adult life.
American Dervish is about the collision of cultures, identity and religion in 1980s America.
a pleasing read
Ayad Akhtar's first novel is deftly plotted, with a frame narrative that shows how Hayat's sense of shame pursues him into adulthood. There are shades of Ian McEwan's Atonement, but Akhtar's writing has a crisp, imagistic quality all its own.
'A terrific first novel, warm and wise' The Times
Hayat is living a life dominated by school and baseball in Midwest America. His existence is ruffled only by the tension between his parents. Then Mina appears and changes everything.
Mina is beautiful, independent and fleeing a disastrous marriage in Pakistan. Her presence is healing, and her sense of spirituality reonates with Hayat as nothing has before. But this new sense of purpose is mingled with a growing infatuation for the woman he calls Aunt.
When Mina catches the eye of another, Hayat's jealousy is fuelled by the prejudices of those around him. If he acts, the impact will ricochet through his community with catastrophic consequences . . .
Notă biografică
Ayad Akhtar is a screenwriter, playwright, actor, and novelist. He is the author of the novel American Dervish and was nominated for a 2006 Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay for the film The War Within. His plays include Disgraced, recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; The Who & The What and The Invisible Hand, both of which received Off-Broadway runs and are being produced around the world; and Junk, produced at Lincoln Center in 2017 He lives in New York City.