{"product_id":"alligator-paperback","title":"Alligator - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDima Alzayat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning stories in Dima Alzayat's collection are luminous and tender, whether dealing with a woman performing burial rites for her brother in \"Ghusl,\" or a great-aunt struggling to explain cultural identity to her niece in \"Once We Were Syrians.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alzayat's stories are rich and relatable, chronicling a sense of displacement through everyday scenarios. There is the intern in pre-#MeToo Hollywood of \"Only Those Who Struggle Succeed,\" the New York City children on the lookout for a place to play on the heels of Etan Patz's kidnapping in \"Disappearance,\" and the \"dangerous\" women of \"Daughters of Manāt\" who struggle to assert their independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The title story, \"Alligator,\" is a masterpiece of historical reconstruction and intergenerational trauma, told in an epistolary format through social media posts, newspaper clippings, and testimonials, that starts with the true story of the lynching of a Syrian immigrant couple by law officers in small-town Florida. Placed in a wider context of U.S. racial violence, the extrajudicial deaths, and what happens to the couple's children and their children's children in the years after, challenges the demands of American assimilation and its limits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlligator and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is haunting, spellbinding, and unforgettable, while marking Dima Alzayat's arrival as a tremendously gifted new talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDima Alzayat\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Damascus, Syria, grew up in San Jose, California, and now lives in Manchester, U.K. She was the winner of a 2018 Northern Writers' Award, the 2017 Bristol Short Story Prize and 2015 Bernice Slote Award, runner-up in the 2018 Deborah Rogers Award and the 2018 \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e Competition, and was Highly Commended in the 2013 Bridport Prize. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBristol Short Story Award Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bridport Prize Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnizagam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249731584249,"sku":"9781937512897","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0Y1lCVRtH39781937512897.webp?v=1768649177","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/alligator-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}