Alligator and Other Stories

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ISBN: 9781529029918

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	Alzayat, Dima
Pub Date	15/04/2021
Binding	Paperback
Pages	224

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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The debut short-story collection from an exciting talent to watch: Dima Alzayat is an award-winning young Syrian-American writer who captures the many ways we can be displaced, and made to feel 'other'.

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Longlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

'These charged, visceral stories get under the skin and stay there. This collection heralds the arrival of an electrifying new voice.' Irenosen Okojie

In Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat captures luminously how it feels to be 'other': as a Syrian, as an Arab, as an immigrant, as a woman. Each of the nine stories is a snapshot of those moments when unusual circumstances suddenly distinguish us from our neighbours, when our difference is thrown into relief.

Here are 'dangerous' women transgressing, missing children in 1970s New York, a family who were once Syrian but have now lost their name, and a young woman about to discover the hollowness of the American dream. At its centre lies 'Alligator': a remarkable compilation of real and invented sources, which rescues from history the story of a Syrian-American couple who were murdered at the hands of the state.

Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading.