Book Discussion: Iyad Ahktar - Homeland: Elegies (2020)

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Talk with Carolyn Murphey Melchers, d.a.i. Tübingen. Calling all book lovers! You like reading books and discussing them afterwards? Join the Book Discussion and discover the riches of American literature. The American literature specialist and writer Carolyn Murphey Melchers will guide you through the best of contemporary and classic American literature. Copies of the selected books are available in the d.a.i. library.

„Homeland Elegies“ is a very unique novel about an American boy and his immigrant father who live in post-9/11 world. Iyad Ahktar takes a look at the current state of the United States, where a TV celebrity became president, and immigrants live in fear of deportation. And even though many were born in the US and consider themselves Americans, they are still seen as foreigners.

Further dates: Fr. 12.2. Brit Bennett - The Vanishing Half (2020); Fr. 12.3. Margaret Atwood - The Testaments (2019)

Join the discussion via Zoom @www.dai-tuebingen.de/books