The Resource Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday
Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday
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- Summary
- Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly," tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War, "Folly" also suggests an aspiring novelist's coming-of-age. By contrast, "Madness" is narrated by Amar, an Iraqi-American man who, on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is detained by immigration officers and spends the last weekend of 2008 in a holding room in Heathrow. These two seemingly disparate stories gain resonance as their perspectives interact and overlap, with yet new implications for their relationship revealed in an unexpected coda. A stunning debut from a rising literary star, Asymmetry is an urgent, important, and truly original work that will captivate any reader while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself. A debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of life and art
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501166761
- Label
- Asymmetry
- Title
- Asymmetry
- Statement of responsibility
- Lisa Halliday
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Told in three distinct and uniquely compelling sections, Asymmetry explores the imbalances that spark and sustain many of our most dramatic human relations: inequities in age, power, talent, wealth, fame, geography, and justice. The first section, "Folly," tells the story of Alice, a young American editor, and her relationship with the famous and much older writer Ezra Blazer. A tender and exquisite account of an unexpected romance that takes place in New York during the early years of the Iraq War, "Folly" also suggests an aspiring novelist's coming-of-age. By contrast, "Madness" is narrated by Amar, an Iraqi-American man who, on his way to visit his brother in Kurdistan, is detained by immigration officers and spends the last weekend of 2008 in a holding room in Heathrow. These two seemingly disparate stories gain resonance as their perspectives interact and overlap, with yet new implications for their relationship revealed in an unexpected coda. A stunning debut from a rising literary star, Asymmetry is an urgent, important, and truly original work that will captivate any reader while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself. A debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of life and art
- Summary
- Explores the imbalances that drive dramatic human relations, tracing the overlapping stories of a young American editor's relationship with a famous older writer during the early years of the Iraq War, and an Iraqi-American man who is detained by immigration officers in Heathrow
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2018
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10619931
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Halliday, Lisa,
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3608.A548363
- LC item number
- A37 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Life change events
- Coincidence
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21284330
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501166761
- Lccn
- 2017058477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963024
- Label
- Asymmetry, Lisa Halliday
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21284330
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501166761
- Lccn
- 2017058477
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963024
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