![]() ![]() ![]() The premise is intriguing: we’re introduced to three boys who share a bedroom atop a mosque in Staten Island. That sounds like a typical first novel problem, but in my head it made sense.” “I wanted to chart a narrative that would take in the bildungsroman, the epistolary novel, the systems novel, and literary doubles. Khalid talks about the structure in an interview for BOMB Magazine: The book is divided into four sections, all different in style and form, but each carefully detailed and equally devastating. It’s a book that reminds you that reading is one of the greatest pleasures of life.īrother Alive is an ambitious novel, almost audaciously so for a debut. Brother Alive is one of those books that grabs you from the first page and refuses to let go even after you’ve read the last sentence, much like Brother in Youssef’s life. My heart still aches and my thoughts keep drifting towards his utterly original and wildly creative debut novel. I’ve been living in Zain Khalid’s world for the past few days. ![]()
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