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LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PROSE PRIZE 2025WINNER OF THE RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 2022 A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh s own multiple identit[ies] MARK HADDON Explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety, and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world HOMI K. BHABHA*I may not be brave enough, but somewhere deep inside of me there is, perhaps, the kernel of someone who is.That brave someone was the legendary Nusayba bint Ka ab al Khazrajia, who fought alongside the Prophet Muhammad at the dawn of Islam, the author N.S Nuseibeh s ancestor. In drawing on Nusayba s stories, Nuseibeh delves into the experience of being an Arab woman today and in the distant past - taking her from superheroes and the glorification of violence to the rise of Arab feminism, to what courage looks like in the context of interminable conflict. By seeking to understand her namesake in the context of her own twenty-first century concerns, Nuseibeh links our current ideas of Muslims and Arabs with their origins, exploring myth-making and identity, religion and nationhood, feminism and race.As intimate as they are thoughtful, these linked essays offer a dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home, while also showing how connecting with our history can help us understand ourselves and others today.

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A Palestinian Woman s dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home. I may not be brave enough, but somewhere deep inside of me there is, perhaps, the kernel of someone who is. That brave someone was the legendary Nusayba bint Ka ab al Khazrajia, who fought alongside the Prophet Muhammad at the dawn of Islam, the author N.S Nuseibeh s ancestor. In drawing on Nusayba s stories, Nuseibeh delves into the experience of being an Arab woman today and in the distant pasttaking her from superheroes and the glorification of violence to the rise of Arab feminism, to what courage looks like in the context of interminable conflict. By seeking to understand her namesake in the context of her own twenty-first century concerns, Nuseibeh links our current ideas of Muslims and Arabs with their origins, exploring myth-making and identity, religion and nationhood, feminism and race. As intimate as they are thoughtful, these linked essays offer a dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home, while also showing how connecting with our history can help us understand ourselves and others today.

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â ˜The Namesakeâ ™ is the story of a boy brought up Indian in America. When her grandmother learned of Ashima s pregnancy, she was particularly thrilled at the prospect of naming the family s first sahib. And so Ashima and Ashoke have agreed to put off the decision of what to name the baby until a letter comesâ ¦ For now, the label on his hospital cot reads simply BABY BOY GANGULI. But as time passes and still no letter arrives from India, American bureaucracy takes over and demands that baby boy Ganguli be given a name. In a panic, his father decides to nickname him Gogol â “ after his favourite writer.Brought up as an Indian in suburban America, Gogol Ganguli soon finds himself itching to cast off his awkward name, just as he longs to leave behind the inherited values of his Bengali parents. And so he sets off on his own path through life, a path strewn with conflicting loyalties, love and lossâ ¦Spanning three decades and crossing continents, Jhumpa Lahiri s much-anticipated first novel is a triumph of humane story-telling. Elegant, subtle and moving, â ˜The Namesakeâ ™ is for everyone who loved the clarity, sympathy and grace of Lahiri s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut story collection, â ˜Interpreter of Maladiesâ ™.

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Kniha - 368 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Following the Hello Sunshine Book Club pick Fable, New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with Namesake, a captivating conclusion to the duology, filled with action, emotion, and lyrical writing. Trader. Fighter. Survivor. With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug's scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland, a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems. As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception, she learns that the secrets her mother took to her grave are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.

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