| Edition |
Vintage books trade paperback [edition]. |
| Description |
226 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
A new Persian empire -- Revolution days -- Islamic revolution Barbie -- Camel ride, Los Angeles, 1986 -- Another dingbat -- Coming of identity, New York City, late nineties -- An Iranian in Mississippi -- The king of Tehrangeles -- Blond girls -- Portrait of the artist as a debut novelist -- Thirteen ways of being an immigrant -- Secret Muslims in the new year -- Born-again carnivorism -- On becoming a Middle Eastern-American -- Today is a sunny day -- The forever refugee -- A Muslim-American in Indonesia -- The father of Iran's nuclear weapons program -- How to write Iranian America -- Brown album. |
| Summary |
"Brown Album is a stirring collection of essays, at times humorous and at times profound, drawn from more than a decade of Khakpour's work. Altogether, it reveals the tolls that immigrant life in this country can take on a person and the joys that life can give."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration.
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Refugees -- United States.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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| ISBN |
9780525564713 (trade paperback) |
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0525564713 (trade paperback) |
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