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The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.

✍ Scribed by Nahai, Gina B

Book ID: 108620528
Publisher: Akashic Books
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Weight: 1 MB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781617753213

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✦ Synopsis

"With The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. , Orange Prize and IMPAC Award finalist Gina B. Nahai returns after seven years with another novel of bristly beauty, offering a distinctive look at Iranian Jewish life in America."
--Library Journal , Books for the Masses/Editors' Picks BEA 2014
Included in Library Journal 's "Books That Buzzed at BEA" Roundup, the first word on titles and trends from Barbara Hoffert , Editor
"Gina B. Nahai has written a brilliant, funny, poignant, and thrilling novel about an Iranian Jewish family's struggle to find its identity in exile in America. Part murder mystery, part comic novel, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. is a book you will not be able to put down."
--Reza Aslan , author of Zealot and No god but God
"Gina B. Nahai uses her gift for storytelling to add to the pantheon of American immigrant tales, but this time with an Iranian Jewish twist. This novel not only...

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