{"product_id":"9780593243329","title":"I Will Greet the Sun Again","description":"\u003cb\u003e“[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e, we Iranian Americans whom you don’t often hear about.”\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003ePorochista Khakpour, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(Best Books of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A triumph . . . a book of astonishing accomplishment and bravery.”\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eDina Nayeri, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Alex Award from the American Library Association • Finalist for the California Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award \u003cb\u003e• Shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amerie’s Book Club Pick • A Phenomenal Book Club Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in the San Fernando Valley with his two brothers, all K wants is to be “a boy from L.A.,” all American. But K—the youngest, named after a Persian king—knows there’s something different about himself. Like the way he feels about his closest friend, Johnny, a longing that he can’t share with anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt home, K must navigate another confusing identity: that of the dutiful son of Iranian immigrants struggling to make a life for themselves in the United States. He tries to make his mother proud, live up to her ideal of a son. On Friday nights, K attends prayers at the local mosque with Baba, whose violent affections distort K’s understanding of what it means to be a man and how to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Baba takes the three brothers from their mother back to Iran, K finds himself in an ancestral home he barely knows. Returning to the Valley months later, K must piece together who he is, in a world that now feels as foreign to him as the one he left behind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunning, tender novel of identity and belonging, \u003ci\u003eI Will Greet the Sun Again\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man lost in his own family, his own country, and his own skin. Staring down the brutality of being a queer kid and a Muslim in America, Khashayar J. Khabushani transforms personal and national pain into an unforgettable and beautifully rendered exploration of youth, love, family—and the stories that make us who we are.","brand":"Khashayar J. Khabushani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48035556786388,"sku":"9780593243329","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ca0ba8e7-f26e-40e3-9109-8f490d7e2b5c.jpg?v=1780356569","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780593243329","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}