menu
{ "item_title" : "Always Coca-Cola", "item_author" : [" Alexandra Chreiteh "], "item_description" : "The narrator of Always Coca-Cola, Abeer Ward (fragrant rose, in Arabic), daughter of a conservative family, admits wryly that her name is also the name of her father's flower shop. Abeer's bedroom window is filled by a view of a Coca-Cola sign featuring the image of her sexually adventurous friend, Jana. From the novel's opening paragraph--When my mother was pregnant with me, she had only one craving. That craving was for Coca-Cola--first-time novelist Alexandra Chreiteh asks us to see, with wonder, humor, and dismay, how inextricably confused naming and desire, identity and branding are. The names--and the novel's edgy, cynical humor--might be recognizable across languages, but Chreiteh's novel is first and foremost an exploration of a specific Lebanese milieu. Critics in Lebanon have called the novel an electric shock.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/56/656/843/1566568439_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "15.00", "online_price" : "15.00", "our_price" : "15.00", "club_price" : "15.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
Always Coca-Cola|Alexandra Chreiteh

Always Coca-Cola

local_shippingShip to Me
On Order. Usually ships in 2-4 weeks
FREE Shipping for Club Members help

Overview

The narrator of Always Coca-Cola, Abeer Ward (fragrant rose, in Arabic), daughter of a conservative family, admits wryly that her name is also the name of her father's flower shop. Abeer's bedroom window is filled by a view of a Coca-Cola sign featuring the image of her sexually adventurous friend, Jana. From the novel's opening paragraph--"When my mother was pregnant with me, she had only one craving. That craving was for Coca-Cola"--first-time novelist Alexandra Chreiteh asks us to see, with wonder, humor, and dismay, how inextricably confused naming and desire, identity and branding are. The names--and the novel's edgy, cynical humor--might be recognizable across languages, but Chreiteh's novel is first and foremost an exploration of a specific Lebanese milieu. Critics in Lebanon have called the novel "an electric shock."

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781566568432
  • ISBN-10: 1566568439
  • Publisher: Interlink Books
  • Publish Date: September 2011
  • Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
  • Page Count: 144

Related Categories

You May Also Like...

    1

BAM Customer Reviews