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\"\"Dhaka-born, Harvard PhD-ed, London-\u00addomiciled Tahmima Anam has won prestigious accolades for her Bengal trilogy<\/a> into which she\u2019s lyrically woven Bangladeshi history with personal inspiration. She turns utterly contemporary in her newest novel, which reads rather like an elevated, fictional version of Anna Weiner\u2019s Uncanny Valley<\/em><\/a> (2020).<\/p>\n

Asha has loved Cyrus since ninth grade; he disappeared without graduating. Four years into her MIT PhD, Asha reunites with Cyrus at their high-school English teacher\u2019s memorial service and they marry two months later. Together with Cyrus\u2019 best friend, Jules, the trio found WAI (pronounced \u201cwhy\u201d), as in We Are Infinite, a social-media platform that connects strangers \u201con the basis of what gives their life meaning.\u201d Asha is the engineering genius, Jules the cheerleading big thinker. Cyrus, initially reluctant, disdainful of capitalism, calling technology grotesque, will\u00a0\u2013 surprise!\u00a0\u2013 become the public essence of WAI. Amalgamating love, work, and identities without boundaries will not end well.<\/p>\n

Infused with winks to Han Kang\u2019s The Vegetarian<\/em><\/a> (2016) and the \u014ctsuchi wind phone, Anam\u2019s not-quite-love-story shrewdly exposes gender inequity, racism, homophobia, and male white privilege, achieving sharply exposing, skillfully engaging results.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Fiction,” Booklist<\/em>, June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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