{"product_id":"liquid","title":"Liquid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Incisive... a whirlwind homage to the classic 'ridiculous first date' trope... sharp cultural criticism, particularly on dating and adulthood. Fans of Elif Batuman ought to take note.\"-- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years after earning a PhD from UCLA, the narrator of \u003ci\u003eLiquid\u003c\/i\u003e stand achingly far from the middle-class comfort promised by her education and the successes of her immigrant parents. Jokingly, her best friend, Adam, suggests she just marry rich. Taking this challenge seriously, armed with a spreadsheet, she sets off on a whirlwind summer of one hundred dates with rich Angelenos\/as.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut when a family emergency takes her to Tehran, it's a queer love interest and the possibility of a very different future that sustains her attention; now she must confront the contradictions of her life and decide which path she wants to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploding off the page with verve and originality, \u003ci\u003eLiquid\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a modern dating tale like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariam Rahmani \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and translator. Her recent novel \u003ci\u003eLiquid\u003c\/i\u003e has been shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize. Her translation from Farsi of Mahsa Mohebali's \u003ci\u003eIn Case of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2022, while her translation of Farzaneh Milani's biography of the midcentury poet Forugh Farrokhzad is forthcoming with Liveright fall 2026. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariam Rahmani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51503982379293,"sku":"9781643756516","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781643756516.jpg?v=1779996334","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/liquid","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}