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THE TOP TEN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the August Prize for
Fiction Dazzlingly inventive, witty and mysterious: a writer pieces
together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating
narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. A young man
dies in a car crash - accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with
an agenda of his own sets out to piece together Samuel's story.
From friends, relatives and neighbours, a portrait emerges of a
loving son, reluctant bureaucrat, contrived poser, loyal friend.
But who was Samuel really, and what happened to him? In filling out
the contours of his existence, the writer grasps at a fundamental
question: how do we account for the substance of a life? 'My books
of the year [include] Jonas Hassen Khemiri's enigmatic novel' Joyce
Carol Oates Heartbreakingly sad and laugh-out-loud funny . . . Its
chorus of drifters, romantics and cynics stick in the memory, each
competing to tell their own truth' Hari Kunzru 'Unforgettable. In
this non-putdownable puzzle of a story, Khemiri manages to both
thrill and break your heart' Gary Shteyngart 'Khemiri's audacious
and richly drawn novel pushes the boundaries of literary fiction .
. . Beneath the structural pyrotechnics lies a broader story of
imposition, appropriation and lack of individual agency: that of
the immigrant experience' Lucy Scholes, The National
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Invasion! (Paperback)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri; Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
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R369
Discovery Miles 3 690
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Winner 2011 Obie for Playwriting
A New York Times Critic's Pick
"Invasion " is a tornado of words, images and ideas, all centered
around a magical name: Abulkasem. The play assaults our deepest
prejudices about identity, race and language. At once hilarious,
disturbing and poignant, this deeply subversive play deconstructs a
threatening identity - the Arabic male - and forces us to confront
our own cultural identity.
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The Family Clause (Paperback)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri; Translated by Alice Menzies
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R652
R550
Discovery Miles 5 500
Save R102 (16%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Family Clause (Paperback)
Jonas Hassen Khemiri; Translated by Alice Menzies
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R311
R254
Discovery Miles 2 540
Save R57 (18%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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'A bold and remarkable novel...full of heart and compassion' Dinaw
Mengestu A bad-tempered grandfather, now living abroad, is back in
Stockholm to see his adult children. The son is a failure, the
daughter is having a baby with the wrong man, and their mother is a
heartless deserter. Only he, the patriarch, is perfect - according
to himself, at least. Over ten intense days, the strained
relationships of this chaotic but entirely normal family unfold,
and painful memories begin to resurface. Something has to give. But
the son is duty-bound to his father by a murky, years-old agreement
- can it be renegotiated, or will it bind everyone to the past for
ever? 'The dynamics of each relationship are superbly complex, and
Khemiri's wry, comic touch gives a lightness to the inevitability
as the children follow in their father's footsteps' Guardian
'Excellent...the complex portrait of a family that is both
identifiable and distinctive, normal and strange' TLS
A car has exploded. A city has been crippled by fear. Amor wanders
around the city, doing his best to blend in. He's going to exchange
a drill head. He's going to call his brothers. He's going to stop
stalking Valeria and take care of his long-since-dead grandma. Most
important of all: he must not attract any suspicious glances. But
what is normal behaviour? Who is a potential perpetrator? And how
many times can Shavi call in one day? For 24 intense hours we find
ourselves in Amor's head, where the lines between criminal and
victim, love and chemistry, and fantasy and reality become more and
more blurred.
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