{"product_id":"asymmetry-paperback","title":"Asymmetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Halliday\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 Book of the Year * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Critic's Top Book of 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY * \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eLit Hub \u003c\/i\u003e* NPR * \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe bestselling and critically acclaimed debut novel by Lisa Halliday is\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"a brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in two distinct and uniquely compelling sections, \u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 explores Alice's artistic aspirations and growing frustrations of living in Ezra's shadow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning debut from a rising literary star, \u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a transgressive roman a clef, a novel of ideas, and a politically engaged work of metafiction\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), and a \"literary phenomenon\" (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e). Lisa Halliday's novel will captivate any reader with while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463745560883,"sku":"9781501166785","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/wW_HDcVyol9781501166785.webp?v=1781587250","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/asymmetry-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}