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Author:
Akhtar, Ayad, author.
Title:
Elegías a la patria / Ayad Akhtar ; traducción de Elia Maqueda.
Edition:
Primera edición en este formato.
Publisher:
Roca Editorial,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
413 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Pakistani Americans--Fiction.
Muslim families--United States--Fiction.
Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Immigrant families--United States--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Domestic fiction.
Other Authors:
Maqueda, Elia, translator.
Other Titles:
Homeland elegies. Spanish
Notes:
Translation of: Homeland elegies.
Summary:
Un trabajo profundamente personal sobre la identidad y la pertenencia en una naci̤n que se desmorona, Homeland Elegies combina hechos y ficci̤n para contar una historia ̌pica de anhelo y despojo en el mundo que cre̤ el 11 de septiembre. En parte drama familiar, en parte ensayo social, en parte novela picaresca, en el fondo es la historia de un padre, un hijo y el pa̕s al que ambos llaman hogar.
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
ISBN:
8418417315
9788418417313
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1260249462
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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