ISBN: 9780525565925
Editorial: Vintage
Autor: Hakakian, Roya
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 240
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: A stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the bewildering American immigrant experience from someone who has lived it. Hakakian's "love letter to the nation that took her in [is also] a timely reminder of what millions of human beings endure when they uproot their lives to become Americans by choice" (The Boston Globe).Into the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like.Written as a "guide" for the newly arrived, and providing "practical information and advice," Roya Hakakian, an immigrant herself, reveals what those who settle here love about the country, what they miss about their homes, the cruelty of some Americans, and the unceasing generosity of others. She captures the texture of life in a new place in all its complexity, laying bare both its beauty and its darkness as she discusses race, sex, love, death, consumerism, and what it is like to be from a country that is in America's crosshairs.Her tenderly perceptive and surprisingly humorous account invites us to see ourselves as we appear to others, making it possible for us to rediscover our many American gifts through the perspective of the outsider. In shattering myths and embracing painful contradictions that are unique to this place, A Beginner's Guide to America is Hakakian's candid love letter to America.Review“As witty as it is insightful, Roya Hakakian's A Beginner's Guide to America should be required reading for new and old Americans alike. She looks at our familiar culture with a clear eye, alive to our foibles, but inspiringly alive, too, to the ideals and values that have drawn so many to these shores -- a vital reminder, in these uncertain times.”—Clare Messud, author of Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write“Hakakian’s book is meant for everyone: for those who scaled mountains and waded through rivers to reach our shores; those who comfortably stepped off a boat or plane; those learning English for the very first time; those who have lived here for decades; and those American citizens whose lineage dates back to the Mayflower. Hakakian captures the shock, confusion, awe, humor, and joy a new-to-America émigré experiences while also analyzing both the multiplicity and singularity of our country. . . . Hakakian has made a major contribution to the great canon of literature that encourages all Americans to better know themselves. And, by reading her book, one certainly will.”–Jewish Book Council“[Hakakian is] the most eloquent interpreter of ‘the immigrant’ writing today.”—Lesley Stahl, correspondent for CBS News’ 60 Minutes“A Beginner’s Guide to America is a striking and beautiful work: both a genuinely practical primer for newcomers to America, and a deeply personal account of Arrival—an event that underlies nearly every American life. Roya Hakakian provides a timely, entertaining, historically rich reminder of the hope and opportunity this country has offered to so many, for so long, and the rewards it has reaped in return.”—Jennifer Egan, author of Manhattan Beach“[Her] observation takes the seemingly banal into the realm of the profound and is characteristic of Hakakian’s honest and beautiful book. . . Hers is a “guide,” yes, but of an amicable kind. She offers counsel to readers, not commandments, and although her book could be seen as a love letter to America, it is one that’s been written by an exacting lover who isn’t blind to this country’s flaws.”—Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal"Lyrical and perceptive, A Beginner’s Guide to America is an immigrant’s love letter to the nation that took her in. And it is a timely reminder of what millions of human beings endure when they uproot their lives to become Americans by choice."—Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe"This touching account by an Iranian-born poet details her adopted hom
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