{"product_id":"in-case-of-emergency","title":"In Case of Emergency","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIn Case of Emergency\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMahsa Mohebali\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781952177866\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 National Translation Award in Prose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable mention for the 2022 Modern Languages Association Prize for Translation of a Literary Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this prize-winning Iranian novel, a spoiled and foul-mouthed young woman looks to get high while her family and city fall to pieces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do you do when the world is falling apart and you're in withdrawal?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisillusioned, wealthy, and addicted to opium, Shadi wakes up one day to apocalyptic earthquakes and a dangerously low stash. Outside, Tehran is crumbling: yuppies flee in bumper-to-bumper traffic as skaters and pretty boys rise up to claim the city as theirs. Cross-dressed to evade hijab laws, Shadi flits between her dysfunctional family and depressed friends--all in search of her next fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahsa Mohebali's groundbreaking novel about Iranian counterculture is a satirical portrait of the disaster that is contemporary life. Weaving together gritty vernacular and cinematic prose, \u003cem\u003eIn Case of Emergency \u003c\/em\u003etakes a darkly humorous, scathing look at the authoritarian state, global capitalism, and the gender binary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"In Case of Emergency | Mahsa Mohebali | Paperback | 9781952177866 | New | Fiction 1286535","offer_id":50550611673346,"sku":"1286535","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81pF6S_sd-L.jpg?v=1790470238","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/in-case-of-emergency","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}