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Title: In Case of Emergency
Description: Shortlisted for the 2022 National Translation Award in ProseHonorable mention for the 2022 Modern Languages Association Prize for Translation of a Literary WorkA New Yorker Best Book of 2022In this prize-winning Iranian novel, a spoiled and foul-mouthed young woman looks to get high while her family and city fall to pieces.What do you do when the world is falling apart and you're in withdrawal?Disillusioned, wealthy, and addicted to opium, Shadi wakes up one day to apocalyptic earthquakes and a dangerously low stash. Outside, Tehran is crumbling: yuppies flee in bumper-to-bumper traffic as skaters and pretty boys rise up to claim the city as theirs. Cross-dressed to evade hijab laws, Shadi flits between her dysfunctional family and depressed friends—all in search of her next fix.Mahsa Mohebali's groundbreaking novel about Iranian counterculture is a satirical portrait of the disaster that is contemporary life. Weaving together gritty vernacular and cinematic prose, In Case of Emergency takes a darkly humorous, scathing look at the authoritarian state, global capitalism, and the gender binary.
Authors: Mahsa Mohebali
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Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction, Novels
Categories: FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Humorous / Dark Humor, FICTION / Absurdist
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