Feels revolutionary in its freshness.Entertainment WeeklyThe Arsonists City delivers all the pleasures of a good oldfashioned saga, but in Alyans hands, one familys tale becomes the story of a nationLebanon and Syria, yes, but also the United States. Its the kind of book we are lucky to have. Rumaan AlamA rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rendering of how we hold on to the people and places we call home The Nasr family is spread across the globeBeirut, Brooklyn, Austin, the California desert. A Syrian mother, a Lebanese father, and three American children all have lived a life of migration. Still, theyve always had their ancestral home in Beiruta constant touchstoneand the complicated, messy family love that binds them. But following his fathers recent death, Idris, the familys new patriarch, has decided to sell. The decision brings the family to Beirut, where everyone unites against Idris in a fight to save the house. They all have secretslost loves, bitter jealousies, abandoned passions, deepset shamethat distance has helped smother. But in a city smoldering with the legacy of war, an ongoing flow of refugees, religious tension, and political protest, those secrets ignite, imperiling the fragile ties that hold this family together. In a novel teeming with wisdom, warmth, and characters born of remarkable human insight, awardwinning author Hala Alyan shows us again that fiction is often the best filter for the...

Binding: Paperback;464 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: F; Weight: 538 g; Dimensions: 138 x 203 x 32

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