Joukhadar, Zeyn
The Thirty Names of Night
- ISBN 13:
- 9781982121525
- author:
- Joukhadar, Zeyn
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Atria Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 13 x 2 centimeters (0.23
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Thirty Names of Night is a novel about three generations of Syrian Americans haunted by a mysterious species of bird. Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy searches for a new identity. He finds solace in painting murals on buildings in the once-thriving Manhattan neighborhood known as Little Syria, but his life is complicated by his mother's ghost and a mysterious journal belonging to a Syrian American artist named Laila Z. The journal contains proof that both his mother and Laila Z encountered the same rare bird before their deaths, and their pasts are intimately tied in ways he never could have expected. As he delves deeper into Laila Z's life, he uncovers a vivid exploration of loss, art, queer and trans communities, and the persistence of history. This is a poignant and engrossing novel that explores the complexities of identity, family, and community.
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