The submission /

Waldman, Amy

The submission / Amy Waldman - London : Windmill Books, 2012. - 385 pages ; 20 cm.

Fiction


A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations complete, the jurors open the envelope containing the anonymous winner's name - and discover he is an American Muslim. Instantly they are cast into a roiling debate about the claims of grief, the ambiguities of art, and the meaning of Islam. Their conflicted response is only a preamble to that of the country

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