Good Intentions - Couverture souple

Ali, Kasim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250871123 ISBN 13 : 9781250871121

Editeur : Holt Paperbacks, 2023

Synopsis

"Absorbing, compelling, and beautifully written. Its ending brought me close to tears." --Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare

The Big Sick meets Nick Hornby in Kasim Ali's debut novel about a young man who has hidden a romance from his parents, unable to choose between familial obligation and the future he truly wants.

If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie?

It's the countdown to the New Year, and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he's seeing someone. A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden child. And it's come at a cost.

Once, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in. At a party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist. They start a conversation--first awkward, then absorbing. And as their relationship develops, so too does Nur's self-destruction. He falls deeper into traps of his own making, attempting to please both Yasmina and his family until he must finally reveal the truth: Yasmina is Black, and he loves her.

Deftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond, Kasim Ali's Good Intentions exposes with unblinking authenticity the complexities of immigrant families and racial prejudice. It is a crackling, wryly clever depiction of standing on the precipice of adulthood, piecing together who it is you're meant to be.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kasim Ali works at Penguin Random House, has previously been short-listed for Hachette's Mo Siewcharran Prize and long-listed for the 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and has contributed to The Good Journal. He comes from Birmingham and lives in London. Good Intentions is Ali's first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Holt Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250871123
• ISBN 13: 9781250871121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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