{"product_id":"a-good-country-laleh-khadivi","title":"A Good Country (Laleh Khadivi)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, poignant, excellent' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Important' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful, moving story of a California teenager from an immigrant family who, finding himself in an increasingly hostile world, is turned from a carefree surfer's life towards a culture of fear and fanaticism \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFourteen-year-old Alireza Courdee contains multitudes. He is a straight-A student and an affable stoner; the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants, and a Californian surf kid; Alireza, and just plain Rez. But when a terror incident shocks the nation - and then another, and another - Rez finds that the world has only one idea about the type of person he is; that his name and the colour of his skin make him an object of suspicion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there are new friends to shine a light into Rez's isolated, angry existence - Arash, a fellow Muslim student, and the beautiful Fatima. Little by little, Rez is drawn into a new circle, a circle as troubling as it is consoling - and which has a grim and glorious mission in mind for him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInsightful, nuanced and timely, \u003ci\u003eA Good Country \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable coming-of-age story which deftly captures a young man's alienation and search for identity in a flawed and violent world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLaleh Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran, in 1977. In the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution her family fled, finally settling in Canada and then the United States. Khadivi received her MFA from Mills College and was a Creative Writing Fellow in Fiction at Emory University. In 2008 she received The Whiting Writers' Award. In 2009 she published her first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e. Laleh Khadivi lives in California.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65897254519133,"sku":"K066615076","price":15.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6661507600001A.jpg?v=1789158645","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-good-country-laleh-khadivi","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}