{"product_id":"death-to-america-paperback","title":"Death to America - 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\u003eAyaz Pirani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ayaz Pirani's debut collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eDeath to America\u003c\/em\u003e, he doesn't try to straighten a dog's tail. His stories are the frays on Empire's fringe, and his colored characters navigate a perennially perfidious Albion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first story, 'Battle of Waterloo, ' Danju is obliged to choose sides in the struggle between disco and rock and roll, and in the last story, 'Brief Survey of Coloreds in the Rift Valley, ' Nunu's feeble crush on his grade-school librarian spins out a second post-colonial yarn. The youngster Aqbal, in 'The Lyric, ' is rescued by racism, and in 'They've Forgotten That I'm Not There, ' the small-time fence, Mohan, observes the narrow path. And sometimes you get to start over, as Gently discovers in 'Kitchener, n?e Berlin.' Other characters include Arf, Fruq, Eerfal, Salty, the East African dandies Sur and Nur, and the sparring teenagers Umed and Frenni.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith economy and a taste for the oddball's angle, Ayaz Pirani makes the peculiar quotidian. He draws from Ismaili ginans and granths, and the Indo-Pak heritage of story-telling, oral poetry, and old-fashioned one-liners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyaz Pirani was born in Tanzania and studied Humanities in Toronto and Montreal. His degree is from Vermont College of Fine Arts. His books include \u003cem\u003eHappy You Are Here\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKabir's Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBachelor of\u003c\/em\u003e Art, and \u003cem\u003eHow Beautiful People Are\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has recently appeared in A\u003cem\u003eRC Poetry Magazine, The Antigonish Review, The Malahat Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGuest 16\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives near Monterey Bay, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.66 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47492312301789,"sku":"9780889844780","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/d0PvIoDPV29780889844780.webp?v=1771937960","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/death-to-america-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}