{"product_id":"technologies-of-the-self-paperback","title":"Technologies of the Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaris a. Durrani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"So true to mixed experience, it feels defiant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-Sofia Samatar, winner of the World Fantasy Award\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this timely and instantly notable fiction debut, Haris Durrani immerses readers in the life of a young American Muslim struggling to understand himself in the context of his family, classmates, and contemporary urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngineering student Jihad, or \"Joe\" as he introduces himself in the confusing intersections of post 9\/11 New York City, finds himself on a personal quest of possibly a spiritual nature, even if he isn't sure that's what it is - after all, it's hard enough to keep halal in his Dominican-Pakistani-Muslim Washington Heights household.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe's surprised to find himself in the stories his Uncle Tom s tells of his own youth, stories in which Tom s fights both the devil and the weaknesses of the flesh - often at the same time. Culture, nation, religion, family, identity, race, and time battle for dominion over Jihad until he realizes he is facing the same demon his uncle claims to have defeated, and all Jihad has to fight with is himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDurrani's stories, memoirs, and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAnalog Science Fiction and Fact, The University of Toronto Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies, The 2014 Campbellian Anthology, The New York Review of Science Fiction, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Best Teen Writing\u003c\/em\u003e of 2012, 2011, and 2010. He writes for altMuslimah and has appeared regularly on John Hockenberry's NPR show The Takeaway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52540216443187,"sku":"9781942038184","price":18.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a0F3b25QVjRFWU5PSWg5U1VkTG5UUT09.webp?v=1760871449","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/technologies-of-the-self-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}