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001 2017058477
003 DLC
005 20190524125310.0
008 171206s2018 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a 2017058477
020 _a9781501166761 (hardcover)
020 _a9781501166785 (trade pbk.)
042 _apcc
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aPS3608.A548363
_bA37 2018
082 0 0 _a813/.6
_223
100 1 _aHalliday, Lisa,
245 1 0 _aAsymmetry /
_cLisa Halliday.
250 _aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition/paperback.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSimon and Schuster,
_c2018.
300 _a275 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly," tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War, "Folly" also suggests an aspiring novelist's coming-of-age. By contrast, "Madness" is narrated by Amar, an Iraqi-American man who, on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is detained by immigration officers and spends the last weekend of 2008 in a holding room in Heathrow. These two seemingly disparate stories gain resonance as their perspectives interact and overlap, with yet new implications for their relationship revealed in an unexpected coda. A stunning debut from a rising literary star, Asymmetry is an urgent, important, and truly original work that will captivate any reader while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself. A debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of life and art, from 2017 Whiting Award winner Lisa Halliday" --
_cFrom Amazon.
650 0 _aLife change events
_vFiction.
650 0 _aCoincidence
_vFiction.
655 7 _aPsychological fiction.
_2lcgft
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