{"product_id":"coin-1","title":"Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eDAZED\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDEBUTIFUL \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003emasterpiece' Slavoj Zizek | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A filthy, elegant book' Raven Leilani | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Glamorous and sordid' Elif Batuman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Chipping away at Western hegemony one scalped it-bag at a time' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling as she teaches at a New York City middle school, gets caught up in a scheme reselling Birkin bags, and strives to gain control over her body and mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e's narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in a pyramid scheme reselling Birkin bags.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut America is stifling her - her wilfulness, her sexuality, her principles. In an attempt to regain control, she becomes preoccupied with purity, cleanliness and self-image, all while drawing her students into her obsessions. In an unforgettable denouement, her childhood memories converge with her material and existential statelessness and the narrator unravels spectacularly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn enthralling, sensory prose,\u003ci\u003e The Coin\u003c\/i\u003e explores nature and civilisation, beauty and justice, class and belonging - all while resisting easy moralising. Provocative, wry and inviting, \u003ci\u003eThe Coin\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of a major new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249970368856,"sku":"9781804441893","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781804441893_6877b39b-b4f6-4e8d-a5db-37f0c111b6fd.jpg?v=1778654754","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/coin-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}