{"product_id":"the-coin-a-novel","title":"The Coin: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Yasmin Zaher\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Swansea Dylan Thomas Prize\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEditors' Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut America is stifling her—her willfulness, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With biting humor and incisive prose” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores nature and civilization, beauty and justice, class and belonging—all while resisting easy moralizing. “Page-turning and delightful\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), “sharp and disarming” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), “stunning and surreal” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016450244669,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2220\/7891\/files\/71CHfzp_viL._SL1500.jpg?v=1772230207","url":"https:\/\/tia-chuchas.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coin-a-novel","provider":"Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}