The Arsonists' City
The Arsonists' City "Feels revolutionary in its freshness." --Entertainment Weekly "The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's…
Specifikacia The Arsonists' City
The Arsonists' City
"Feels revolutionary in its freshness." --Entertainment Weekly "The Arsonists' City delivers all the pleasures of a good old-fashioned saga, but in Alyan's hands, one family's tale becomes the story of a nation--Lebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children: all have lived a life of migration. It's the kind of book we are lucky to have."--Rumaan AlamA rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call homeThe Nasr family is spread across the globe--Beirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert.
But following his father's recent death, Idris, Still, they've always had their ancestral home in Beirut--a constant touchstone--and the complicated, messy family love that binds them.