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ISBN10: 1648211224
ISBN13: 9781648211225
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: Mar 4 2025
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781648211225
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: Mar 4 2025
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE
WINNER OF THE SOUTH ASIAN BOOK AWARD USA Today Best books of August
Christian Science Monitor Ten Best Books of August
The Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2022
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WINNER OF THE SOUTH ASIAN BOOK AWARD USA Today Best books of August
Christian Science Monitor Ten Best Books of August
The Millions Most Anticipated Books of 2022
Harper's Bazaar Must-Read Books of August 2022
Debuts of the Season by Vogue India
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A funny and affecting novel...a wonderful new spin on the coming-of-age story. A smart, charming debut. (Kirkus, starred review) A fascinating mix of immigrant tale, coming-of-age narrative, and cultural exposition...tackling some of the big migration questions of home and identity. (Booklist)Dur E Aziz Amna has written an extraordinary coming-of-age story showcasing the experiences of a Pakistani Muslim girl coming to America. The novel uses brilliant storytelling to immerse readers and sheds light on the realities of what it is like being a foreigner living in a rural American town and the harsh emotional tension it entails.--From the citation for the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice.--Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl On a year-long exchange program in rural Oregon, a Pakistani student, sixteen-year-old Hira, must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and try to understand why everyone around her seems to dislike Obama. A skeptically witty narrator, Hira finds herself stuck between worlds. The experience is memorable for reasons both good and bad; a first kiss, new friends, racism, Islamophobia, homesickness. Along the way Hira starts to feel increasingly unwell until she begins coughing up blood, and receives a diagnosis of tuberculosis, pushing her into quarantine and turning her newly established home away from home upside down. American Fever is a compelling and laugh-out-loud funny novel about adolescence, family, otherness, religion, the push-and-pull of home. It marks the entrance on the international literary scene of the brilliant fresh voice of Dur e Aziz Amna.
A funny and affecting novel...a wonderful new spin on the coming-of-age story. A smart, charming debut. (Kirkus, starred review) A fascinating mix of immigrant tale, coming-of-age narrative, and cultural exposition...tackling some of the big migration questions of home and identity. (Booklist)Dur E Aziz Amna has written an extraordinary coming-of-age story showcasing the experiences of a Pakistani Muslim girl coming to America. The novel uses brilliant storytelling to immerse readers and sheds light on the realities of what it is like being a foreigner living in a rural American town and the harsh emotional tension it entails.--From the citation for the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice.--Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl On a year-long exchange program in rural Oregon, a Pakistani student, sixteen-year-old Hira, must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and try to understand why everyone around her seems to dislike Obama. A skeptically witty narrator, Hira finds herself stuck between worlds. The experience is memorable for reasons both good and bad; a first kiss, new friends, racism, Islamophobia, homesickness. Along the way Hira starts to feel increasingly unwell until she begins coughing up blood, and receives a diagnosis of tuberculosis, pushing her into quarantine and turning her newly established home away from home upside down. American Fever is a compelling and laugh-out-loud funny novel about adolescence, family, otherness, religion, the push-and-pull of home. It marks the entrance on the international literary scene of the brilliant fresh voice of Dur e Aziz Amna.
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