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American Dervish: A Novel
American Dervish A Novel
Author: Ayad Akhtar
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316204767
ISBN-10: 0316204765
Publication Date: 1/9/2012
Pages: 480
Edition: Lrg
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 3
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I was sucked into this from the first chapter. I tend to enjoy these "coming of age" stories and especially where we are dealing with an individual trying to straddle two different cultures. I really think the author did a wonderful job laying out this story. I know there have been some critics that complained he "told" the story more than he let it reveal itself. I disagree because I personally don't have a problem being "told" a story if the context makes sense and it is done appropriately.


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