{"product_id":"dearborn-stories","title":"Dearborn: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Khayrallah Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the 2024 CLMP Firecracker Award for Debut Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of September - Named a Best Book of the Year at Electric Lit, Chicago Public Library, Powell's, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sly, straight-faced, tenderly wicked. . . . A classic American short story collection.\"―Michael Chabon \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sharp, tender, and uproariously funny portrait of the lives of Arab American community members in Dearborn, Michigan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine's debut collection examines the diverse range and complexities of the Arab American community in Dearborn, Michigan. In ten tragicomic stories, Zeineddine explores themes of identity, generational conflicts, war trauma, migration, sexuality, queerness, home and belonging, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDearborn\u003c\/i\u003e, a father teaches his son how to cheat the IRS and hide their cash earnings inside of frozen chickens. Tensions heighten within a close-knit group of couples when a mysterious man begins to frequent the local gym pool, dressed in Speedos printed with nostalgic images of Lebanon. And a failed stage actor attempts to drive a young Lebanese man with ambitions of becoming a Hollywood action hero to LA, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have other plans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns wildly funny, incisive, and deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eDearborn\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction and invites us all to consider what it means to be part of a place and community, and how it is that we help one another survive.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1959030299\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781959030294\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Zeineddine, Ghassan\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2023)","offer_id":46356623458501,"sku":"9781959030294","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781959030294.jpg?v=1781309459","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/dearborn-stories","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}