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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. STORED NEW PRISTINE CONDITION SANITIZED. Book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1666296514629
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.Mina is Hayat's mother's oldest friend from Pakistan. She is independent, beautiful and intelligent, and arrives on the Shah's doorstep when her disastrous marriage in Pakistan disintegrates. Even Hayat's skeptical father can't deny the liveliness and happiness that accompanies Mina into their home. Her deep spirituality brings the family's Muslim faith to life in a way that resonates with Hayat as nothing has before. Studying the Quran by Mina's side and basking in the glow of her attention, he feels an entirely new purpose mingled with a growing infatuation for his teacher.When Mina meets and begins dating a man, Hayat is confused by his feelings of betra. Seller Inventory # DADAX0316183318
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # BK1739
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. advance reading copy - uncorrected proof - written by a Pakistani-American who presents a picture and a feeling of what it's like to grow up Muslim in America through a story of love, religion, and transformation. Seller Inventory # 1318
Book Description hardback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780316183314
Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Michigan struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life. 368 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780316183314
Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Michigan struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life. 368 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780316183314
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 357 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0316183318
Book Description Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - From Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar, a stirring and explosive debut novel about an American Muslim family in Michigan struggling with faith and belonging in the pre-9/11 world. Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his Pakistani heritage and by the frequent chill between his parents, who fight over things he is too young to understand. Then Mina arrives, and everything changes.American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life. Seller Inventory # 9780316183314