Asymmetry

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:AsymmetryISBN13:9781501166785ISBN10:1501166786Author:Halliday, Lisa (Author)Description:A Time And New York Times Top 10 Book Of The Year * New York Times Notable Book And Times Critic's Top Book Of 2018 Named One Of The Best Books Of 2018 By * Elle * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub* Npr * O, The Oprah Magazine * Shelf Awareness The Bestselling And Critically Acclaimed Debut Novel By Lisa Halliday, Hailed As Extraordinary By The New York Times, A Brilliant And Complex Examination Of Power Dynamics In Love And War By The Wall Street Journal, And A Literary Phenomenon By The New Yorker Told In Three Distinct And Uniquely Compelling Sections, Asymmetry Explores The Imbalances That Spark And Sustain Many Of Our Most Dramatic Human Relations: Inequities In Age, Power, Talent, Wealth, Fame, Geography, And Justice The First Section, Folly, Tells The Story Of Alice, A Young American Editor, And Her Relationship With The Famous And Much Older Writer Ezra Blazer A Tender And Exquisite Account Of An Unexpected Romance That Takes Place In New York During The Early Years Of The Iraq War, Folly Also Suggests An Aspiring Novelist's Coming-Of-Age By Contrast, Madness Is Narrated By Amar, An Iraqi-American Man Who, On His Way To Visit His Brother In Kurdistan, Is Detained By Immigration Officers And Spends The Last Weekend Of 2008 In A Holding Room In Heathrow These Two Seemingly Disparate Stories Gain Resonance As Their Perspectives Interact And Overlap, With Yet New Implications For Their Relationship Revealed In An Unexpected Coda A Stunning Debut From A Rising Literary Star, Asymmetry Is A Transgressive Roman A Clef, A Novel Of Ideas, And A Politically Engaged Work Of Metafiction (The New York Times Book Review), And A Masterpiece In The Original Sense Of The Word (The Atlantic) Lisa Halliday's Novel Will Captivate Any Reader With While Also Posing Arresting Questions About The Very Nature Of Fiction Itself Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SIMON & SCHUSTERPublication Date:2018-10-16Weight:0.5 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 8.3'' L x 5.5'' WNumber of Pages:304Language:English

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