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Divorce Islamic Style

Divorce Islamic Style Paperback - 2012

by Amara Lakhous

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In 2005, the Italian secret service receives intel that a group of Muslim immigrants in Rome is planning a terrorist attack. Christian Mazzari, a young Sicilian, goes undercover to infiltrate the group. He soon meets Sofia, a young Egyptian immigrant who lives in the neighborhood with her husband Said, an architect who has reinvented himself in Italy as a pizza cook.

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Europa Editions, Incorporated, 2012. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Divorce Islamic Style
  • Author Amara Lakhous
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Europa Editions, Incorporated, U.S.A.
  • Date 2012
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1609450663I3N10
  • ISBN 9781609450663 / 1609450663
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Immigrants, Rome (Italy)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Media reviews

"The author's real subject is the heave and crush of modern, polyglot Rome, and he renders the jabs of everyday speech with such precision that the novel feels exclaimed rather than written."-The New Yorker

"A satirical, enigmatic take on the racial tensions that afflict present-day Europe."-Brooklyn Rail

"What's memorable about Lakhous' novel is what he shows us of an often inward-looking nation confronting the teeming vibrancy of multicultural life."-NPR's Fresh Air

"Do we have an Italian Camus on our hands? Just possibly . . . No recent Italian novel so elegantly and directly confronts the 'new Italy.'"-Philadelphia InquirerEND

Citations

  • Foreword, 02/29/2012, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2012, Page 674
  • New York Times Book Review, 05/13/2012, Page 31
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/26/2012, Page 52
  • Shelf Awareness, 04/03/2012, Page 0

About the author

Amara Lakhous was born in Algiers in 1970. He has a degree in philosophy from the University of Algiers and another in cultural anthropology from the University la Sapienza, Rome. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio (Europa Editions, 2008) was awarded Italy's prestigious Flaiano prize and was described by the Seattle Times as a "wonderfully offbeat novel." Lakhous lives in Italy.

Ann Goldstein is an editor and head of the copy department at The New Yorker. Her translations for Europa Editions include novels by Elena Ferrante, Alessandro Piperno, Romano Bilenchi, and Giancarlo de Cataldo.