Why an Author Writes to a Guy Holding a Fish: Poems - Couverture souple

Halaby, Laila

 
9781737446538: Why an Author Writes to a Guy Holding a Fish: Poems
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1737446537 ISBN 13 : 9781737446538
Editeur : 2Leaf Press, 2022

Synopsis

A story in verse chronicling the misadventures of a recently divorced Lebanese woman dating in America.
 
Laila Halaby’s second collection of poetry, why an author writes to a guy holding a fish is a story in verse. This honest, sensual, and often funny series of narrative poems chronicles the author’s decision to leave her two-decades-long relationship with her Palestinian husband. Halaby suddenly finds herself in the world of American dating where she searches for idealized love and genuine connection. Always treated as an “other” and having never dated a white man or an American before, Halaby writes about misadventures and heartbreak amid misread cues and lost nuances. Halaby reassesses her role as a woman, a mother, and a writer, and she learns how to dispense with labels and imagined expectations. In the process, she becomes reacquainted with her womanhood and power.

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À propos de l'auteur

Laila Halaby was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. She speaks four languages and was a Fulbright recipient. Her first novel, West of the Jordan, won the PEN Beyond Margins Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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Éditeur
2Leaf Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1737446537
ISBN 13 
9781737446538
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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