{"product_id":"asymmetry-1","title":"Asymmetry","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAsymmetry\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLisa Halliday\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781501166761\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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 \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\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Asymmetry \u003c\/i\u003eis extraordinary...Halliday has written, somehow all at once, a transgressive roman a clef, a novel of ideas and a politically engaged work of metafiction.\" --Alice Gregory, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A brilliant and complex examination of power dynamics in love and war.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Sam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A scorchingly intelligent first novel...\u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e will make you a better reader, a more active noticer. It hones your senses.\" --Parul Seghal, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A singularly inventive and unforgettable debut novel about love, luck, and the inextricability of life and art, from 2017 Whiting Award winner Lisa Halliday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning debut from a rising literary star, \u003ci\u003eAsymmetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Asymmetry | Lisa Halliday | Hardcover | 9781501166761 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1782540","offer_id":50532058136728,"sku":"1782540","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81KKSIMC_dL.jpg?v=1790345253","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/asymmetry-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}