· The mission of Omar El Akkad ’s first novel, American War, is admirable: to encourage western readers, especially Americans, to put themselves in the Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: El Akkad, Omar. American War: A Novel. Toronto: McClelland Stewart, The novel begins circa as an unnamed narrator reflects on his youth and the devastating war he was born into, the Second American Civil War, which took place between and · An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle—a story that asks what mig.
American War, by Omar El Akkad, Picador, RRP£/Knopf, RRP$, pages Randy Boyagoda is author of 'Beggar's Feast' (Penguin) Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe. Omar El Akkad was born in Cairo, Egypt and grew up in the Middle East before moving to Canada. In a ten-year career as a reporter, he covered stories across the planet — from the war in Afghanistan to the military trials in Guantanamo Bay, the Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East and the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. The world of American War is a prophetic one, with loss and privation and conflict the cornerstones. It is also a compelling one, the warp and weft of its details constructing a universe whose internal logic is as convincing as any real-world account. All of it can be chalked up to Akkad's mastery of detail, his depiction of an ecological.
The following version of this book was used to create this guide: El Akkad, Omar. American War: A Novel. Toronto: McClelland Stewart, The novel begins circa as an unnamed narrator reflects on his youth and the devastating war he was born into, the Second American Civil War, which took place between and “American War, a work of a singular, grand, brilliant imagination, is a warning shot across the bow of the United States. Omar El Akkad has created a novel that isn’t afraid to be a pleasurable yarn as it delves into the hidden currents of American culture and extrapolates from them to envision a deeply tragic potential future.”. American War is a speculative fiction novel published in by the Canadian-Egyptian author Omar El Akkad. Set is a dystopian near-future in which climate change has displaced millions, the book details a Second American Civil War fought between the federal government and the Southern United States over the use of fossil fuels.
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