A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner's name – and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam.The memorial's designer is Mohammad Khan, an enigmatic, ambitious architect. His fiercest defender on the jury is its s...

From the bestselling author of The Submission: A young Afghan-American woman is trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth in this "penetrating" (O, Oprah Magazine), "stealthily suspenseful," (Booklist, starred review), "breathtaking and achingly nuanced" (Kirkus, starred review) novel.Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and th...

"Masterful . . . [A] scathing, dazzlingly crafted indictment of the messes people make when they mistake ideology for morality and bigotry for patriotism." —Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment WeeklyA jury gathers in Manhattan to select the 9/11 memorial for the victims of the devastating terrorist attack. But when the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner's name—and discover he is an American Muslim, all are instantly cast into roiling debate...

Eine Jury hat sich in Manhattan versammelt, um den besten Entwurf einer Gedenkstätte für die Opfer des Terroranschlags vom 11. September auszuwählen. Nach langwierigen Beratungen und einem zähen Ringen um das richtige Konzept öffnen die Juroren den Briefumschlag, der den Namen des bislang anonymen Gewinners enthält - und sind schockiert. Der Architekt ist ein Muslim.Innerhalb der Jury setzt sich Claire Burwell am leidenschaftlichsten für den umstrittenen Gewinner ein. Als Betroffene, die i...

From the bestselling author of The Submission: A young Afghan-American woman is trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth in this "penetrating" (O, Oprah Magazine), "stealthily suspenseful," (Booklist, starred review), "breathtaking and achingly nuanced" (Kirkus, starred review) novel.Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and th...

"Die ehrgeizige Berkeley-Studentin Parvin Schams fühlt sich zwischen den liberalen Ideen ihrer charismatischen Professorin und den Erwartungen ihres konservativen afghanisch- amerikanischen Umfelds hin- und hergerissen. Da eröffnet ihr ein Buch eine ungeahnte Möglichkeit, die Theorie in die Praxis umzusetzen und ihre Bestimmung zu finden: Ein Arzt erzählt darin von seinem humanitären Engagement für afghanische Frauen. Parvin ist so begeistert, dass sie für seine Stiftung arbeiten und zugle...

The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times “Modern Love” column—including stories from the anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John SlatteryA young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief. A man’s promising fourth date ends in the emergency room. A female lawyer with bipolar disorder experiences the highs and lows of ...

A profound and lyrical meditation on humanity's relationship with snow—and what it would mean to live without itHumans have never lived on an Earth without snow, but as global temperatures rise, snowfall, snowpack, and snow cover are diminishing. The frozen world is softening. Confronting this change inspired Amy Waldman to write Snow: an exploration of an element that, always ephemeral, has now become doubly so.Snow braids environmental a...

The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times “Modern Love” column—including stories from the Amazon Original series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John SlatteryA young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief. A man’s promising fourth date ends in the emergency room. A female lawyer with bipolar disorder experiences the highs and lo...

A profound and lyrical meditation on humanity's relationship with snow—and what it would mean to live without itHumans have never lived on an Earth without snow, but as global temperatures rise, snowfall, snowpack, and snow cover are diminishing. The frozen world is softening. Confronting this change inspired Amy Waldman to write Snow: an exploration of an element that, always ephemeral, has now become doubly so.Snow braids environmental a...

This irreverent biography provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter’s perspective. From a young age, Peter Jest was determined to make a career in live music, and despite naysayers and obstacles, he did just that, bringing national acts to his college campus at UW–Milwaukee, booking thousands of concerts across Wisconsin and the Midwest, and opening Shank Hall, the beloved Milwaukee venue named after a club in the cult film This Is Spinal Tap. This funny, nostalgia-ind...

The entertaining and inspiring story of a stubbornly independent promoter and club ownerThis irreverent biography provides a rare window into the music industry from a promoter’s perspective. From a young age, Peter Jest was determined to make a career in live music, and despite naysayers and obstacles, he did just that, bringing national acts to his college campus at UW–Milwaukee, booking thousands of concerts across Wisconsin and the Midwest, and opening Shank Ha...