{"product_id":"9781804441893","title":"The Coin : Winner of the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Zaher, Yasmin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHolidays \u0026amp; seasonal interest\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 May 2025 by Footnote Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 18 | 174g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN DAZED, DEBUTIFUL AND THE INDEPENDENT'A masterpiece' Slavoj Zizek | 'A filthy, elegant book' Raven Leilani | 'Glamorous and sordid' Elif Batuman'Chipping away at Western hegemony one scalped it-bag at a time' New York TimesA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Coin'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn enthralling, sensory prose, The Coin explores nature and civilisation, beauty and justice, class and belonging - all while resisting easy moralising. Provocative, wry and inviting, The Coin marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54841643630916,"sku":"9781804441893","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9781804441893.jpg?v=1754908974","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9781804441893","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}