{"product_id":"coin","title":"Coin","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;WINNER OF THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;DAZED\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;DEBUTIFUL \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;AND \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;THE INDEPENDENT\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;masterpiece' Slavoj Zizek | \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A filthy, elegant book' Raven Leilani | \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Glamorous and sordid' Elif Batuman\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Chipping away at Western hegemony one scalped it-bag at a time' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New York Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Coin\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;'s narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in a pyramid scheme reselling Birkin bags.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;But America is stifling her - her wilfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness and the narrator unravels spectacularly.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In enthralling, sensory prose,\u0026lt;i\u0026gt; The Coin\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; explores nature and civilisation, beauty and justice, class and belonging - all while resisting easy moralising. Provocative, wry and inviting, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Coin\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396563935614,"sku":"NW9781804441893","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804441893.jpg?v=1778613969","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/coin","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}