{"product_id":"9781941411322","title":"Him, Me, Muhammad Ali","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2016 Story Prize Spotlight Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first story collection, Jarrar employs a particular, rather than rhetorical approach to race and gender. Thus we have \"How Can I Be of Use to You,\" with its complicated relationship between a distinguished Egyptian feminist and her young intern, demonstrating that gender politics are never straightforward, and both generations—old and new—take advantage of each other. There's also a healthy dose of magic surrealism, as in the wild and witty story \"Zelda the Halfie\" which follows a breed of half Ibexes\/half humans and their various tribulations. The writing is peppered with gorgeous imagery: a moon reflected in an ice cream scoop, breath that runs ahead of its body, and two apartments in a high rise whose tenants precisely mirror each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRanda Jarrar \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of a highly successful novel, \u003ci\u003eA Map of Home\u003c\/i\u003e, which received an Arab-American Book Award and was named one of the best novels of 2008 by the \u003ci\u003eBarnes\u0026amp;Noble Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She grew up in Kuwait and Egypt, and moved to the United States after the first Gulf War. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, Salon.com, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She blogs for Salon, and lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151779643632,"sku":"9781941411322","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941411322_p0.jpg?v=1763756617","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941411322","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}