Sons and Other Flammable Objects
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Sons and Other Flammable Objects (2007) is a novel by the Iranian-American novelist Porochista Khakpour. It depicts the struggles of an Iranian family to make sense of their new lives in the United States following their emigration from Iran. The characters are "caught between incompatible worlds, one past and romanticized, the other present but inaccessible."[1] The novel has been praised for its "punchy conversation, vivid detail, sharp humor."[2]
The novel won the 77th California Book Award for First Fiction.[3] It was also a New York Times Editor's Choice[4] and included on the Chicago Tribune's 2007 "Fall's Best" list. It was also shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and long-listed for the 2008 Dylan Thomas Prize.
The novel has been favorably compared to Zadie Smith's White Teeth for its "rolling storytelling cadences and wry wit"[5] and to Sadeghi Hedayat's The Blind Owl for embedding the history of the nation in the personal history of the characters.[6]
References
- ^ SONS AND OTHER FLAMMABLE OBJECTS | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ Budnitz, Judy (2007-09-09). "Family Baggage". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "The 77th Annual California Book Awards: Featuring Michael Chabon & Khaled Hosseini - Upcoming.org Archive". archive.upcoming.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Editor's Choice". The New York Times. 2007-09-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ Sons and Other Flammable Objects | Grove Atlantic.
- ^ Amiri, Cyrus; Govah, Mahdiyeh (2021-09-22). "Hedayat's rebellious child: multicultural rewriting of The Blind Owl in Porochista Khakpour's Sons and Other Flammable Objects". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 0 (0): 1–14. doi:10.1080/13530194.2021.1978279. ISSN 1353-0194.
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