{"product_id":"native-believer-paperback","title":"Native Believer - 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\u003eAli Eteraz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNative Believer\u003c\/em\u003e stands as an important contribution to American literary culture: a book quite unlike any I've read in recent memory, which uses its characters to explore questions vital to our continuing national discourse around Islam.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] poignant and profoundly funny first novel. . . . Eteraz combines masterful storytelling with intelligent commentary to create a nuanced work of social and political art.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli Eteraz's much-anticipated debut novel is the story of M., a supportive husband, adventureless dandy, lapsed believer, and second-generation immigrant who wants nothing more than to host parties and bring children into the world as full-fledged Americans. As M.'s life gradually fragments around him--a wife with a chronic illness; a best friend stricken with grief; a boss jeopardizing a respectable career--M. spins out into the pulsating underbelly of Philadelphia, where he encounters others grappling with fallout from the War on Terror. Among the pornographers and converts to Islam, punks and wrestlers, M. confronts his existential degradation and the life of a second-class citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly comic, provocative, and insightful, \u003cem\u003eNative Believer\u003c\/em\u003e is a startling vision of the contemporary American experience and the human capacity to shape identity and belonging at all costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAli Eteraz\u003c\/b\u003e is based at the San Francisco Writer's Grotto. He is the author of the coming-of-age memoir \u003ci\u003eChildren of Dust \u003c\/i\u003e(HarperCollins) and the surrealist short story collection \u003ci\u003eFalsipedies \u0026amp; Fibsiennes \u003c\/i\u003e(Guernica). Eteraz's short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003estorySouth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrossborder\u003c\/i\u003e, and his nonfiction has been highlighted by NPR, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Recently, Eteraz received the 3 Quarks Daily Arts \u0026amp; Literature Prize judged by Mohsin Hamid, and served as a consultant to the artist Jenny Holzer on a permanent art installation in Qatar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247476883705,"sku":"9781617754364","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/n7oQHm8IBh9781617754364.webp?v=1768626513","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/native-believer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}