{"product_id":"in-case-of-emergency-paperback","title":"In Case of Emergency - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMahsa Mohebali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMariam Rahmani\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this prize-winning Iranian novel, a spoiled and foul-mouthed young woman looks to get high while her family and city fall to pieces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when the world is falling apart and you're in withdrawal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisillusioned, wealthy, and addicted to opium, Shadi wakes up one day to apocalyptic earthquakes and a dangerously low stash. Outside, Tehran is crumbling: yuppies flee in bumper-to-bumper traffic as skaters and pretty boys rise up to claim the city as theirs. Cross-dressed to evade hijab laws, Shadi flits between her dysfunctional family and depressed friends--all in search of her next fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahsa Mohebali's groundbreaking novel about Iranian counterculture is a satirical portrait of the disaster that is contemporary life. Weaving together gritty vernacular and cinematic prose, \u003cem\u003eIn Case of Emergency \u003c\/em\u003etakes a darkly humorous, scathing look at the authoritarian state, global capitalism, and the gender binary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMahsa Mohebali \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Iranian fiction writer. She is the author of several novels, as well as short story collections. Her short stories have appeared in English in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian \u003c\/em\u003eas well as the anthologies \u003cem\u003eTehran Noir \u003c\/em\u003e(Akashic Books, 2014, trans. Salar Abdoh) and \u003cem\u003eAlive and Kicking: Short Stories by Contemporary Iranian Women Writers \u003c\/em\u003e(Aftab Publication, 2017, trans. Amir Marashi). In 2013 Mohebali was a resident with the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She lives and works in Tehran.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariam Rahmani\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e; her translations in \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Cinema: Fictions from a Collective Memory\u003c\/i\u003e; and her nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and is the recipient of a PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant as well as a US Fulbright Research Award. She is currently working on a debut novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767944184096,"sku":"9781952177866","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79b082bd162beb85d215b64d37513d92.webp?v=1780321117","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-case-of-emergency-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}