{"product_id":"hyper-agri-ismail","title":"Hyper (Agri Ismaïl)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRafiq Hardi Kermanj, founder of the Communist Party of Kurdistan, is forced to flee Tehran for London with his family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn London, they suffer the shame of penury and migration layered on Kurdish statelessness.\u003cbr\u003eThe lives of Rafiq's three children becoming increasingly dependent on their relationship to money:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiver\u003c\/b\u003e, the only daughter, escapes into an unhappy marriage in Baghdad before fleeing to raise her daughter as a single mother in Dubai.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohammed\u003c\/b\u003e, the eldest, stays in London to climb the unforgiving ladder of the financial sector.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaika\u003c\/b\u003e, the youngest, retreats into a contactless digital life, designing the trading algorithms that will ultimately prove his downfall in a condo near Wall Street.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp, topical, and powerful, \u003ci\u003eHyper\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea story about what remains of our humanity in a world increasingly dominated by the flows of capital.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Zadie Smith, Moshin Hamid, and Jennifer Egan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelicious, harrowing, gutting, hilarious, and deeply necessary, \u003ci\u003eHyper\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece.' Porochista Khakpour, author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Album\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAgri Ismaïl is a Kurdish author based in Sweden who has worked as a corporate lawyer in London, Dubai, and Iraqi Kurdistan. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe White Review, The Rumpus, Litro, 3:AM Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAsymptote \u003c\/i\u003eamongst other places. His piece 'Haunted Home' won the 2016 Stack award for best non-fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Outpost\u003c\/i\u003e, runner-up in the Lifted Brow \u0026amp; RMIT non\/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Non-Fiction, and he was longlisted for the 2017\/2018 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. \u003ci\u003eHyper \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Trade paperback (UK), Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63449340674397,"sku":"K097119592","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/230023-9711959200001A.jpg?v=1771211580","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/hyper-agri-ismail","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}