· “In the Language of Miracles” should find a large and eager readership. For the beauty of her writing alone, Hassib deserves it. There is another www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. A classic immigrant story with a decidedly contemporary plot, In the Language of Miracles explores the Arab-American experience and what it means to belong in a distrusting world. In crystalline prose, Hassib captures the intricate family dynamics at play—secrets, lies, unfulfilled hopes and crushing regrets—as her eminently likable characters struggle to move beyond tragedy. "Rajia Hassib's In the Language of Miracles is a tautly told story of one family's grief and the quiet but daunting burden of survivorship. She has deftly captured their individual struggles as they swim through the deep waters of loss and blame.
Rajia Hassib, like her characters, immigrated to the US from Egypt. The novel's highly charged narrative takes the form of a countdown, with each chapter comprising a day in the life of the beleaguered Al Menshawys as they inch closer to Sunday, memorial day, a potential day of reckoning. Hassib's sensitive, finely wrought debut probes the fault lines revealed in an Egyptian-American family after their eldest son kills his ex-girlfriend and himself. Because the Al-Menshawys are Muslim immigrants to a small New Jersey town, they not only endure jaundiced scrutiny about where they. Published in , "In the Language of Miracles" offers plenty of material on the domestic side of Islam, migrant trauma, and the sociology of American Muslims. In this debut novel, Rajia Hassib establishes herself as an Arab American writer of great talent.
Hassib is a natural, graceful writer with a keen eye for cultural difference [She] handles the anatomy of grief with great delicacy In the Language of Miracles should find a large and eager readership. For the beauty of the writing alone, Hassib deserves it.”. —Monica Ali, The New York Times Book Review.. More about my debut novel. “Rajia Hassib's In the Language of Miracles is a tautly told story of one family’s grief and the quiet but daunting burden of survivorship. She has deftly captured their individual struggles as they swim through the deep waters of loss and blame. Published in , “In the Language of Miracles” offers plenty of material on the domestic side of Islam, migrant trauma, and the sociology of American Muslims. In this debut novel, Rajia Hassib establishes herself as an Arab American writer of great talent. We were unable to load Disqus Recommendations.
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