{"product_id":"july-sun-stories-9798217046126","title":"July Sun: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ahmad's compassion, her deep care for the psychological and emotional nuances of her characters, never wavers.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a searing collection by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Faraz Ali, \u003c\/i\u003echaracters seek to make their futures their own in a Pakistan riven by class, gender and religion \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these seven powerful stories, Aamina Ahmad finds a world of pathos in the narrowest circumstances, from the fugitive intimacies of villages where nothing escapes notice to the crevices where city dwellers seek refuge from urban striving and indifference. Capturing the plight of ordinary people caught between love and duty, freedom and social constraint--a man who witnesses an illicit moment of tenderness, a police officer who must choose whether to follow the laws of God or of man, a woman who takes matters into her own hands in the face of an unexpected pregnancy--\u003ci\u003eJuly Sun\u003c\/i\u003e more than sustains the promise of Ahmad's sure-footed debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aamina Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217046126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAamina Ahmad\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Faraz Ali\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcotone\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Minneapolis, where she teaches at the University of Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Aamina Ahmad \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48614161383581,"sku":"9798217046126","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fff2fbb1-aec2-488b-9bf3-c74bcff0c288.jpg?v=1783464278","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/july-sun-stories-9798217046126","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}