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October 2018
On Sale: October 9, 2018
352 pages
ISBN: 1503959767
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Literature and Fiction
From award-winning author Demian Vitanza comes a
groundbreaking novel—his first to be translated into
English—about one man’s alienation, radicalization, and
disillusionment on the violent front lines in Syria. Tariq Khan is a Pakistani born and raised in Norway. An
outsider in his own country—adrift between two worlds
divided by class, race, and culture—he’s always been
searching for home. Alongside a flock of other streetwise
young men, each looking for direction and each easily
susceptible, Tariq finds his cause in the Muslim revival. Idealistic, driven by faith, and empowered with purpose,
he’s drawn to radical Islam—his last resort for achieving a
sense of belonging, for embracing and being embraced. It’s
only when he enlists in the war against Assad that Tariq’s
eyes are truly opened. Dispirited with the violence, faced
with the consequences of his choices, and increasingly
distanced by the brutalities of jihad, Tariq contends with
spiritual struggles that are his alone. So are the stories
he will tell to make sense of his life. In this daring and unprecedented work of literary fiction,
Demian Vitanza explores the power of memory, the lure of
rebellion, the search for meaning amid chaos—and the toll
that such a journey can take before finally finding one’s
way home.
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