Lifted by the Great Nothing is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Karim Dimechkie in 2015-05-19, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Fiction genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Fiction book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, Lifted by the Great Nothing can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
Lifted by the Great Nothing Book PDF Summary
Max doesn't remember his mother, who was murdered by burglars before they emigrated from Beirut to New Jersey. He lives with his father, Rasheed, who is enamored of his concept of American culture--baseball and barbeques--and tries to shed his Lebanese heritage completely. "When we are in America," Reed (for he goes by Reed in America, not Rasheed) tells Max, "we are Americans." Rasheed has a single purpose in life: to provide Max with a joyful childhood. He showers his son with gifts out of a belief that he deserves all and is capable of anything. Max wants nothing more than to convince his father that he is a successful single parent. The only thing that can disrupt their peaceful universe is the truth--which it does, with force. When Max turns seventeen, he learns from Rasheed's ex-girlfriend that his father has been lying to him. Max's understanding of the world is so rocked that he is subsequently launched on an uncertain mission to Beirut and then Paris. Lifted by the Great Nothing is a startlingly graceful, and often hilarious, coming-of-age story about the lengths we go to preserve the untruths we live by. With its poignant relationships, unsettling misadventures, and surprising love stories, it is a touching and devastating portrait of a young man coming to terms with his country's--and his own--violent past.
Detail Book of Lifted by the Great Nothing PDF
- Author : Karim Dimechkie
- Release : 19 May 2015
- Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- ISBN : 9781632860590
- Genre : Fiction
- Total Page : 258 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 16,6 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book Lifted by the Great Nothing by Karim Dimechkie, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.