31 Hours

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book 31 Hours by Masha Hamilton, Unbridled Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Masha Hamilton ISBN: 9781936071067
Publisher: Unbridled Books Publication: October 1, 2009
Imprint: Unbridled Books Language: English
Author: Masha Hamilton
ISBN: 9781936071067
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Publication: October 1, 2009
Imprint: Unbridled Books
Language: English
A woman in New York awakens knowing, as deeply as a mother’s blood can know, that her grown son is in danger. She has not heard from him in weeks. His name is Jonas. His girlfriend, Vic, doesn’t know what she has done wrong, but Jonas won’t answer his cell phone. We soon learn that Jonas is isolated in a safe-house apartment in New York City, pondering his conversion to Islam and his experiences training in Pakistan, preparing for the violent action he has been instructed to take in 31 hours. Jonas’s absence from the lives of those who love him causes a cascade of events, and as the novel moves through the streets and subways of New York we come to know intimately the lives of its characters. We also learn to feel deeply the connections and disconnections that occur between young people and their parents not only in this country but in the Middle East as well.

Carried by Hamilton’s highly-lauded prose, this story about the helplessness of those who cannot contact a beloved young man who is on a devastatingly confused path is compelling on the most human level. In our world, when a family loses track of an idealistic son an entire city could be in danger. From the author of The Distance Between Us.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
A woman in New York awakens knowing, as deeply as a mother’s blood can know, that her grown son is in danger. She has not heard from him in weeks. His name is Jonas. His girlfriend, Vic, doesn’t know what she has done wrong, but Jonas won’t answer his cell phone. We soon learn that Jonas is isolated in a safe-house apartment in New York City, pondering his conversion to Islam and his experiences training in Pakistan, preparing for the violent action he has been instructed to take in 31 hours. Jonas’s absence from the lives of those who love him causes a cascade of events, and as the novel moves through the streets and subways of New York we come to know intimately the lives of its characters. We also learn to feel deeply the connections and disconnections that occur between young people and their parents not only in this country but in the Middle East as well.

Carried by Hamilton’s highly-lauded prose, this story about the helplessness of those who cannot contact a beloved young man who is on a devastatingly confused path is compelling on the most human level. In our world, when a family loses track of an idealistic son an entire city could be in danger. From the author of The Distance Between Us.

More books from Unbridled Books

Cover of the book The Book of Colors by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Shimmer by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Cranioklepty by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book You Believers by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book The People of the Broken Neck by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book The Mistress Contract by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book An Unfinished Score by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Love Slave by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book The Metal Shredders by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book The Death of Fidel Perez by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book The Distance Between Us by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Small Acts of Sex and Electricity by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Sins of the Innocent by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb by Masha Hamilton
Cover of the book Dreams of the Red Phoenix by Masha Hamilton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy