Elegy of the Motherland
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Family drama and social essays about people looking for their place in the country, which they call the house.
Ayayad Akhtar - the son of Pakistani migrants born in the United States. He, his father, as well as their many relatives and acquaintances studied, worked, made friends, made plans and quite felt like the Americans, but on one unfortunate September morning everything collapsed.
This is a story about them: about those who left, who adopted Christianity, and those who remained selflessly fighting stereotypes.
"Immigrant saga, not like any other, unique in its richness, resourcefulness and intellectuality. This is definitely a book of the year. " - O, The Oprah Magazine
"The very essence of this charged, electrified story is a mixture of" fairy tales 1001 nights "and a reality show - in an ardent description of the Americans, overnight expelled and became “strangers" "". - Jennifer Igan, "Manhattan Beach"
"" "Elegy of the Motherland" are devoted to those ambiguous moments that simply did not exist within the framework of public discourse after the events of the eleventh September. The author very accurately felt the most sore places that we have remained with us since then. " - New York Times Book Review
This intimate intimacy of prose and memoirs exposes the broken heart of the American dream, which turned into a nightmare reality show, and very accurately shows how we came to what we came to and at what price. - Amy M. Homs, "Let us be forgiven"
Ayayad Akhtar - the son of Pakistani migrants born in the United States. He, his father, as well as their many relatives and acquaintances studied, worked, made friends, made plans and quite felt like the Americans, but on one unfortunate September morning everything collapsed.
This is a story about them: about those who left, who adopted Christianity, and those who remained selflessly fighting stereotypes.
"Immigrant saga, not like any other, unique in its richness, resourcefulness and intellectuality. This is definitely a book of the year. " - O, The Oprah Magazine
"The very essence of this charged, electrified story is a mixture of" fairy tales 1001 nights "and a reality show - in an ardent description of the Americans, overnight expelled and became “strangers" "". - Jennifer Igan, "Manhattan Beach"
"" "Elegy of the Motherland" are devoted to those ambiguous moments that simply did not exist within the framework of public discourse after the events of the eleventh September. The author very accurately felt the most sore places that we have remained with us since then. " - New York Times Book Review
This intimate intimacy of prose and memoirs exposes the broken heart of the American dream, which turned into a nightmare reality show, and very accurately shows how we came to what we came to and at what price. - Amy M. Homs, "Let us be forgiven"
Author:
Author:Ахтар Айяд
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-162019-6
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