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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
Fantastic read. Challenging view points. Deeply personal about growing up not-white, money and what it can do to a person, racism. Just a great book. This is the first I've read from this author, and I eagerly seek more words.
This was not I was expecting at all - in a great way. It’s a novel that reads like a memoir with a father and son so relatable even through the cultural and life challenges. I listened to this one on Libby while traveling for work and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I've rarely given out a 3-star rating for a book. I rarely finish those type of books. I have so many hard cover books and even audible books to read it's a waste of time.I did finish this book. I'm wondering if it's right to give a 3-star rating to any book I dont finish.
Novel with semi-memoir feel about an American born playwright/author of Muslim faith, whose parents were born in Pakistan. The novel explores his relationships with family and life, and identity with country and religion, predominantly in the post-9/11 American landscape into the Trump years. At turns thought-provoking and entertaining, Akhtar brilliantly weaves the story together. Akhtar is already a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, and Homeland Elegies may give him one for fiction too.
fantastic and brilliant. utterly engaging from the first pages up to the end. i could not stop, nor did it want to stop, reading.
for me this is book is an example of how fiction can be just as, if not more, informative than non-fiction, particularly his experiences as a immigrant/poc/muslim living, working, existing in america pre and post 9/11. it dives right into the duality of that experience and never lets it go.
amazing book.
for me this is book is an example of how fiction can be just as, if not more, informative than non-fiction, particularly his experiences as a immigrant/poc/muslim living, working, existing in america pre and post 9/11. it dives right into the duality of that experience and never lets it go.
amazing book.
This really is a very good novel. It's both a penetrating examination of the socioeconomic landscape of the United States -- from the corporate greed that dominates our society to the populist movement that led to Trump's presidency -- as well as the story of an American born writer of Pakistani extraction trying to find his place in a homeland that's antagonistic to his very existence. An engaging, multifaceted blend of fact and fiction, the narrative's center of gravity, the thing that binds all its elements together, is the story of a family of immigrants, and of a son straddling two worlds and not feeling entirely comfortable in either.
It's really worthwhile reading--even if you're not usually into novels. Because the book explores the very real forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, our collective existence as Americans today. And does it so well! It also sheds light on the particular ways those forces might affect a person of color with a Muslim heritage, and the difficult (and often treacherous) balancing act that is required of him. Particularly after 9/11.
It's really worthwhile reading--even if you're not usually into novels. Because the book explores the very real forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, our collective existence as Americans today. And does it so well! It also sheds light on the particular ways those forces might affect a person of color with a Muslim heritage, and the difficult (and often treacherous) balancing act that is required of him. Particularly after 9/11.
A very quick, insightful read. I appreciated the nuanced conversations about his relationship with his conservative father, especially when they are forced to justify their opinions to each other. A story of love and patriotism, told painfully beautifully.
Have you heard about Homeland Elegies yet? The author, Ayad Akhtar, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author already, and he deserves another. While the book is fiction, it is inspired by the author’s own story. It’s a book about finding cultural identity in the US, especially post 9/11. It’s about family. What does it mean to be an American? The writing is stunning. The truths, shocking. Smart. I have read nothing like it. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down, and I was filled with emotion throughout. Honest, raw, insightful thought-provoking, and memorable, this is such a great book for learning and discussion. Five stars.
I received a gifted copy. All opinions are my own.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
I received a gifted copy. All opinions are my own.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader