Yasmin Zaher & Sheena Patel: The Coin

<p>Palestinian writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher’s debut novel <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-coin-yasmin-zaher" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Coin</em></a> (Footnote Press) has been hailed as ‘already a masterpiece’ (Slavoj Žižek), ‘a filthy, elegant book’ (Raven Leilani) and ‘bonkers’ (Elif Batuman). A young Palestinian woman, wealthy but stateless and with no access to her wealth, finds her life and sense of self unravelling as she teaches underprivileged children at a New York middle school, gets involved in a money-making scheme selling Birkin bags and becomes unhealthily obsessed with health and cleanliness.</p><br><p>Zaher read from her novel, and was joined for discussion by poet and novelist Sheena Patel (<a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/i-m-a-fan-sheena-patel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>I'm a Fan</em></a>).</p><br><p>Get the book: <a href="https://lrb.me/thecoinpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/thecoinpod</a></p><p>Find more events at the Bookshop: <a href="https://lrb.me/thecoinpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/thecoinpod</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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