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October 2018
On Sale: October 9, 2018
352 pages
ISBN: 1503959767
EAN: 9781503959767
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Literature and Fiction
From award-winning author Demian Vitanza comes a groundbreaking novelβhis first to be translated into Englishβabout one manβs 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 countryβadrift between two worlds divided by class, race, and cultureβheβs 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, heβs drawn to radical Islamβhis last resort for achieving a sense of belonging, for embracing and being embraced. Itβs only when he enlists in the war against Assad that Tariqβs 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 chaosβand the toll that such a journey can take before finally finding oneβs way home.
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