Alligator and Other Stories
Dima Alzayat
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 28th May '20
£12.99
The debut short story collection from an exciting talent to watch: Dima Alzayat is an award-winning young Syrian-American writer who captures the many ways we can be displaced, and made to feel ‘other’.
SKU: 9781529029895
Categories: Migration, immigration and emigration, Modern and contemporary fiction, Short storiesDescription
Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021Longlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize’Sardonic, monstrous, tender’ Sunday Times’Startling . . . profound’ Daily MailIn Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat captures luminously how it feels to be ‘other’: as a Syrian, as an Arab, as an immigrant, as a woman. Each one of the nine stories collected here is a snapshot of those moments when unusual circumstances suddenly distinguish us from our neighbours, when our difference is thrown into relief.Here are ‘dangerous’ women transgressing, missing children in 1970s New York, a family who were once Syrian but have now lost their name, and a young woman about to discover the hollowness of the American dream. At its centre lies ‘Alligator’: a remarkable compilation of real and invented sources, which rescues from history the story of a Syrian American couple who were murdered at the hands of the state.Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading.
Additional information
Weight | 0.332 kg |
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Dimensions | 30 × 142 × 222 mm |
Page Count | 224 |
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