Description
| Product ID: | 9781529029918 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Alligator and Other Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Dima Alzayat |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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’. <p><b>Shortlisted for the 2021 S</b><b>wansea University Dylan Thomas Prize</b><br><br><b>Shortlisted for a 2021 James Tait Black Award</b><b><br><br>Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021</b><br><br><b>'Sardonic, monstrous, tender' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'Startling . . . profound' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>In <i>Alligator and Other Stories</i>, 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-04-15 |
