| Technologies of the Self Contributor(s): Durrani, Haris a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1942038186 ISBN-13: 9781942038184 Publisher: Brain Mill Press OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Time Travel - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
| Series: Driftless Unsolicited Novella |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.40 lbs) 138 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "So true to mixed experience, it feels defiant." -Sofia Samatar, winner of the World Fantasy Award
In this timely and instantly notable fiction debut, Haris Durrani immerses readers in the life of a young American Muslim struggling to understand himself in the context of his family, classmates, and contemporary urban life. Engineering student Jihad, or "Joe" as he introduces himself in the confusing intersections of post 9/11 New York City, finds himself on a personal quest of possibly a spiritual nature, even if he isn't sure that's what it is - after all, it's hard enough to keep halal in his Dominican-Pakistani-Muslim Washington Heights household. He's surprised to find himself in the stories his Uncle Tom s tells of his own youth, stories in which Tom s fights both the devil and the weaknesses of the flesh - often at the same time. Culture, nation, religion, family, identity, race, and time battle for dominion over Jihad until he realizes he is facing the same demon his uncle claims to have defeated, and all Jihad has to fight with is himself. Durrani's stories, memoirs, and essays have appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The University of Toronto Undergraduate Journal of Middle East Studies, The 2014 Campbellian Anthology, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and The Best Teen Writing of 2012, 2011, and 2010. He writes for altMuslimah and has appeared regularly on John Hockenberry's NPR show The Takeaway. |
Contributor Bio(s): Durrani, Haris a.: - Haris A. Durrani is an M.Phil. candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia University, where he minored in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies and cofounded the Muslim Protagonist Symposium. His work has appeared in Comparative Islamic Studies, Buffalo Almanack, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Media Diversified, altMuslimah, and The Best Teen Writing of 2012 (editor), 2011, and 2010. He is an alum of the Alpha Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Workshop for Young Writers and was a 2011 Portfolio Gold Medalist in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, for which he currently serves on the Alumni Council. He will enroll at Columbia Law School in fall 2016. When he grows up, he would like to live on Gliese 581 g, if it exists. |
