{"product_id":"july-sun-isbn-9798217046126","title":"July Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Ahmad’s compassion, her deep care for the psychological and emotional nuances of her characters, never wavers.” – \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a searing collection by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Faraz Ali, \u003c\/i\u003echaracters seek to make their futures their own in a Pakistan riven by class, gender and religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these seven powerful stories, Aamina Ahmad finds a world of pathos in the narrowest circumstances, from the fugitive intimacies of villages where nothing escapes notice to the crevices where city dwellers seek refuge from urban striving and indifference. Capturing the plight of ordinary people caught between love and duty, freedom and social constraint—a man who witnesses an illicit moment of tenderness, a police officer who must choose whether to follow the laws of God or of man, a woman who takes matters into her own hands in the face of an unexpected pregnancy—\u003ci\u003eJuly Sun\u003c\/i\u003e more than sustains the promise of Ahmad’s sure-footed debut.\u003cb\u003eAamina Ahmad \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Faraz Ali\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2023 \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Art Seidenbaum Award. Her short fiction has appeared in One Story, The Southern Review, Ecotone, and elsewhere; she is also the author of a play, \u003ci\u003eThe Dishonored\u003c\/i\u003e.  She lives in Minneapolis, where she teaches at the University of Minnesota.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233287057637,"sku":"NP9798217046126","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217046126.jpg?v=1767730534","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/july-sun-isbn-9798217046126","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}