Francine Prose

My New American Life

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“Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist who’s also a world-class storyteller.”—Russell Banks  Francine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and dreadful in My New American Life, a darkly humorousnovel of mismatched aspirations, Albanian gangsters, and the ever-elusiveAmerican dream. Following her New York Times bestselling novels BlueAngel and A Changed Man, Prose delivers the darkly humorous storyof Lula, a twenty-something Albanian immigrant trying to find stability andcomfort in New York City in the charged aftermath of 9/11. Set at the frontlines of a cultural war between idealism and cynicism, inalienable rights andimplacable Homeland Security measures, My New American Life is a movingand sardonic journey alongside a cast of characters exploring what it means tobe American.
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293 printed pages
Publication year
2011
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  • Elvirahas quoted8 years ago
    By Albanian standards and even, Lula suspected, by American ones, Mister Stanley had a narrow emotional range.
  • Elvirahas quoted8 years ago
    Time was not money but something more precious than money. Time was time

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