{"product_id":"is-this-how-you-eat-zein-el-amine-9781737718420","title":"Is This How You Eat a Watermelon?","description":"\u003ci\u003eIs This How You Eat a Watermelon?\u003c\/i\u003e by Zein El-Amine has been longlisted for the 2023 PEN America Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut short fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dozen boarding school students find themselves stranded at the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. A young man, a young woman, and a mistreated monkey unite in a bid to survive. Even Israel's war on Lebanon cannot stop an old woman from getting her fix of nicotine. A young Lebanese student on a visit to Bahrain is wrongly implicated as a terrorist and placed in a prison with other political prisoners where light and hope is absconding. Fresh snow compels a sacrilegious undertaking from a father much to the shock of his children. Shared trauma takes the shape of spectral phantoms. And in the titular story, a hedonistic man eats himself to an early death with the desecration of the city of Beirut forming the backdrop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zein El-Amine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737718421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737718420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Radix Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2022","brand":"Zein El-Amine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073224863999,"sku":"9781737718420","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76bdc8f2-f083-4055-8c29-3a90fcdc8ab3.jpg?v=1685446559","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/is-this-how-you-eat-zein-el-amine-9781737718420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}