{"product_id":"divorce-islamic-style-9781609450663","title":"Divorce Islamic Style","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecret identities, criminal conspiracies, and forbidden love converge in this \"whimsical and at times heartbreaking look\" at the Muslim communities of Rome (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Italian secret service believes that a group of Muslim immigrants is planning a terrorist attack. Christian Mazzari, a young Sicilian translator who speaks perfect Arabic, goes undercover in Rome's Egyptian neighborhood, Viale Marconi, to infiltrate the group. Posing as a recently arrived Tunisian in search of a job and a place to sleep, Christian soon meets Sofia, a young Egyptian immigrant whose arranged marriage is anything but fulfilling. While Christian attempts in vain to uncover terrorist activity, Sofia is on another kind of secret mission--in defiance of a husband who forbids her to work.\u003cbr\u003eIn alternating voices, Algerian-born Italian author Amara Lakhous examines the commonplaces and stereotypes of life in modern, multicultural Italy. Divorce Islamic Style mixes the rational and the absurd as it depicts the conflicts and contradictions of today's globalized world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609450663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2012 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 674\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2012 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amara Lakhous","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661872165020,"sku":"9781609450663","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_58d79594-d86e-4a1d-81f6-ec0159d7c005.jpg?v=1603900471","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/divorce-islamic-style-9781609450663","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}