{"product_id":"book-cawg","title":"Asymmetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP 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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling and critically acclaimed debut novel by Lisa Halliday, hailed as\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e“extraordinary” by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, “a brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war” by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and “a literary phenomenon” by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in three 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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 “masterpiece” in the original sense of the word” (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). Lisa Halliday’s novel will captivate any reader with while also posing arresting questions about the very nature of fiction itself.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347330212144,"sku":"10cawg","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347330179376,"sku":"BDcawg","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/289089-cawg-Square.jpg?v=1734201749","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cawg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}