{"product_id":"the-sisters-9780374618896","title":"The Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Book We're Looking Forward To\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e's Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eThe Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e] generates every kind of heat . . . If you welcome this novel into your mind, it will warm and transform you.\" --Tess Gunty, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rabbit Hutch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A classic story about sibling rivalry . . . One of the best novels I've ever read about the complexities of mixed heritage.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Fredrik Backman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Astonishing . . . Every character--every sentence--is startlingly, indubitably alive.\" --Katie Kitamura, author of \u003ci\u003eAudition \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Captivating and so full of life--one of those books you live inside and miss when it's over.\" --Isabella Hammad, author of \u003ci\u003eEnter Ghost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn addictively entertaining family saga by a National Book Award finalist. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIna meets her future husband when she's dragged to a New Year's rave by her sisters, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn drifts through life before embarking on a wild career as an actress. And Anastasia runs off to Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years later, will transform her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the sisters from afar is Jonas, the son of a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father. Over the course of three decades, his life intersects with the sisters, from a chance encounter in Tunis to the scene of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn disappears on a trip to New York, Jonas manages to track her down--and helps her to break the curse that has been looming over the Mikkolas for decades. In the process, a shocking revelation changes everything about who they think they are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated in six parts, each spanning a period ranging from a year to a day to a single minute, Jonas Hassen Khemiri's \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters \u003c\/i\u003eis a big, vivid family saga of the highest order--an addictively entertaining tour de force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonas Hassen Khemiri \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of short stories and essays. \u003ci\u003eThe Family Clause\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature. \u003ci\u003eInvasion!\u003c\/i\u003e won an Obie Award for best script. Khemiri is the recipient of a Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. \u003ci\u003eThe Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book to be written in English. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family and teaches in the creative writing program at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359388565778,"sku":"9780374618896","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d382b964-091a-4475-8f5b-23183f14fd23.jpg?v=1749590598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sisters-9780374618896","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}