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Bright Lines: A Novel PB Tanwi Nandini Islam
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Item specifics
- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9780143123132
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143123130
ISBN-13
9780143123132
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205611039
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bright Lines : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Asian American
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-011851
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Every detail in this rich novel is evocative of transformation. . . . A sensitive and subtle exploration of the experience of gender nonconformity across cultures. . . . A transcontinental, transgenerational tale of a family and its secrets." --Kirkus Reviews " Bright Lines is the most daring, emotionally dense work I've ever read by a debut novelist. I can't remember the last time a novel kept me breathless, wandering and reconsidering the decisions of my own life. Tanwi Nandini Islam has created a fictive world where race, place, desire, violence and deception beautifully cling to nearly every page, and really every part of her Brooklyn and Bangladesh. She is completely unafraid of insides and outsides of the characters she's created. I dreamt about Ella and Anwar for weeks long after I finished the book. I'm sure the characters here, and the actual range of Islam's talent will wonderfully haunt readers for a lifetime. Bright Lines is brilliant and absolutely soulful." --Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division "Whether it's entirely fictional or not (and I really don't care) the New York City of Tanwi Nandini Islam's novel is the one I want to live in! What a radiant, abundant, worldly, sharp and spirited novel! And what a good and powerful imagination, heart and soul seems to have produced it. Bright Lines is very special." --Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name "Tanwi Nandini Islam is among an emerging generation of American writers giving voice to people, places, and concerns that have escaped the notice of the mainstream. Such is the range of her talent that in her first novel Bright Lines , Islam shows us two locales, Brooklyn and Bangladesh, that are as varied and vibrant as they are restrictive and horrible, no small achievement. Hats off!" --Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Song of the Shank, " Bright Lines is the most daring, emotionally dense work I've ever read by a debut novelist. I can't remember the last time a novel kept me breathless, wandering and reconsidering the decisions of my own life. Tanwi Nandini Islam has created a fictive world where race, place, desire, violence and deception beautifully cling to nearly every page, and really every part of her Brooklyn and Bangladesh. She is completely unafraid of insides and outsides of the characters she's created. I dreamt about Ella and Anwar for weeks long after I finished the book. I'm sure the characters here, and the actual range of Islam's talent will wonderfully haunt readers for a lifetime. Bright Lines is brilliant and absolutely soulful." --Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division "Whether it's entirely fictional or not (and I really don't care) the New York City of Tanwi Nandini Islam's novel is the one I want to live in! What a radiant, abundant, worldly, sharp and spirited novel! And what a good and powerful imagination, heart and soul seems to have produced it. Bright Lines is very special." --Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name, " Bright Lines is the most daring, emotionally dense work I've ever read by a debut novelist. I can't remember the last time a novel kept me breathless, wandering and reconsidering the decisions of my own life. Tanwi Islam has created a fictive world where race, place, desire, violence and deception beautifully cling to nearly every page, and really every part of her Brooklyn and Bangledesh. She is completely unafraid of insides and outsides of the characters she's created. I dreamt about Ella and Anwar for weeks long after I finished the book. I'm sure the characters here, and the actual range of Islam's talent will wonderfully haunt readers for a lifetime. Bright Lines is brilliant and absolutely soulful." --Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division "Whether it's entirely fictional or not (and I really don't care) the New York City of Tanwi Nandini Islam's novel is the one I want to live in! What a radiant, abundant, worldly, sharp and spirited novel! And what a good and powerful imagination, heart and soul seems to have produced it. Bright Lines is very special." --Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name, "Every detail in this rich novel is evocative of transformation. . . . A sensitive and subtle exploration of the experience of gender nonconformity across cultures. . . . A transcontinental, transgenerational tale of a family and its secrets." --Kirkus Reviews "Islam depicts lush Bangladesh and a gritty Brooklyn very well, and she's at her strongest when following the free-spirited young women. The characters' halfhearted feelings toward their Muslim identities provide an original and intriguing backdrop for their misadventures." --Publishers Weekly " Bright Lines is the most daring, emotionally dense work I've ever read by a debut novelist. I can't remember the last time a novel kept me breathless, wandering and reconsidering the decisions of my own life. Tanwi Nandini Islam has created a fictive world where race, place, desire, violence and deception beautifully cling to nearly every page, and really every part of her Brooklyn and Bangladesh. She is completely unafraid of insides and outsides of the characters she's created. I dreamt about Ella and Anwar for weeks long after I finished the book. I'm sure the characters here, and the actual range of Islam's talent will wonderfully haunt readers for a lifetime. Bright Lines is brilliant and absolutely soulful." --Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division "Whether it's entirely fictional or not (and I really don't care) the New York City of Tanwi Nandini Islam's novel is the one I want to live in! What a radiant, abundant, worldly, sharp and spirited novel! And what a good and powerful imagination, heart and soul seems to have produced it. Bright Lines is very special." --Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name "Tanwi Nandini Islam is among an emerging generation of American writers giving voice to people, places, and concerns that have escaped the notice of the mainstream. Such is the range of her talent that in her first novel Bright Lines , Islam shows us two locales, Brooklyn and Bangladesh, that are as varied and vibrant as they are restrictive and horrible, no small achievement. Hats off!" --Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Song of the Shank
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
For as long as she can remember, Ella has longed to feel at home. Orphaned as a child after her parents' murder, and afflicted with hallucinations at dusk, she's always felt more at ease in nature than with people. After travelling from Bangladesh to Brooklyn to live with distant family, she meets Maya, an Islamic cleric's runaway daughter, and the two embark on a summer of clandestine adventure and sexual awakenings that forces them to reckon with the past, their extended family and each other., Named a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award "A Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bangladesh Royal Tenenbaums. "-- The Denver Post A vibrant debut novel, set in Brooklyn and Bangladesh, follows three young women and one family struggling to make peace with secrets and their past For as long as she can remember, Ella has longed to feel at home. Orphaned as a child after her parents' murder, and afflicted with hallucinations at dusk, she's always felt more at ease in nature than with people. She traveled from Bangladesh to Brooklyn to live with the Saleems: her uncle Anwar, aunt Hashi, and their beautiful daughter, Charu, her complete opposite. One summer, when Ella returns home from college, she discovers Charu's friend Maya--an Islamic cleric's runaway daughter--asleep in her bedroom. As the girls have a summer of clandestine adventure and sexual awakenings, Anwar--owner of a popular botanical apothecary--has his own secrets, threatening his thirty-year marriage. But when tragedy strikes, the Saleems find themselves blamed. To keep his family from unraveling, Anwar takes them on a fated trip to Bangladesh, to reckon with the past, their extended family, and each other.
LC Classification Number
PS3609.S55B85 2015
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