{"product_id":"i-will-greet-the-sun-again-9780593243329","title":"I Will Greet the Sun Again","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] masterful debut . . . a novel of survival and longing and love, and in many ways a modern portrait of an artist as a young man . . . a book written for \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e, we Iranian Americans whom you don't often hear about.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ePorochista Khakpour, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(Best Books of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A triumph . . . a book of astonishing accomplishment and bravery.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eDina Nayeri, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Alex Award from the American Library Association - Finalist for the California Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amerie's Book Club Pick - A Phenomenal Book Club Pick \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the San Fernando Valley with his two brothers, all K wants is to be \"a boy from L.A.,\" all American. But K--the youngest, named after a Persian king--knows there's something different about himself. Like the way he feels about his closest friend, Johnny, a longing that he can't share with anyone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt home, K must navigate another confusing identity: that of the dutiful son of Iranian immigrants struggling to make a life for themselves in the United States. He tries to make his mother proud, live up to her ideal of a son. On Friday nights, K attends prayers at the local mosque with Baba, whose violent affections distort K's understanding of what it means to be a man and how to love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Baba takes the three brothers from their mother back to Iran, K finds himself in an ancestral home he barely knows. Returning to the Valley months later, K must piece together who he is, in a world that now feels as foreign to him as the one he left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stunning, tender novel of identity and belonging, \u003ci\u003eI Will Greet the Sun Again\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young man lost in his own family, his own country, and his own skin. Staring down the brutality of being a queer kid and a Muslim in America, Khashayar J. Khabushani transforms personal and national pain into an unforgettable and beautifully rendered exploration of youth, love, family--and the stories that make us who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593243329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.47d","brand":"Khashayar J. Khabushani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896948523189,"sku":"9780593243329","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2aeedbc5-92ee-4f43-a847-f08bf7c0dc59.jpg?v=1712632873","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-will-greet-the-sun-again-9780593243329","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}