Asymmetry
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New York, NY : Simon and Schuster, 2018.
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9781501166761, 150116676X, 9781501166785, 1501166786
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
FICTION HALLIDAY, L.
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Published
New York, NY : Simon and Schuster, 2018.
Format
Book
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275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781501166761, 150116676X, 9781501166785, 1501166786

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"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, from 2017 Whiting Award winner Lisa Halliday"--,From Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Halliday, L. (2018). Asymmetry (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon and Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Halliday, Lisa. 2018. Asymmetry. Simon and Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Halliday, Lisa. Asymmetry Simon and Schuster, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Halliday, Lisa. Asymmetry First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon and Schuster, 2018.

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