Homeland Elegies

There have been a lot of books/movies/shows that have been said to perfectly encapsulate the Trump era. And many of them definitely have. But one in particular has stuck with me. It’s HOMELAND ELEGIES by Ayad Ahktar. This is a very unconventional fictional memoir-style novel about Ayad’s feeling of belonging in America. The book is epic in scope, with anecdotes from his childhood all the way through the present day. It’s not the easiest to get into as the narrative structure is so unconventional, but there were passages that required me to pinch myself because they were so beautifully written and entrancing. 

—Bennett Levine, Executive Assistant