Liquid

Liquid - Hardcover

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Liquid - Hardcover

Liquid - Hardcover

by Mariam Rahmani
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by Mariam Rahmani (Author)

Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

Two years after earning a PhD from UCLA, the narrator of Liquid stand achingly far from the middle-class comfort promised by her education and the successes of her immigrant parents. Jokingly, her best friend, Adam, suggests she just marry rich. Taking this challenge seriously, armed with a spreadsheet, she sets off on a whirlwind summer of one hundred dates with rich Angelenos/as.

But when a family emergency takes her to Tehran, it's a queer love interest and the possibility of a very different future that sustains her attention; now she must confront the contradictions of her life and decide which path she wants to follow.

Exploding off the page with verve and originality, Liquid delivers a modern dating tale like no other.

Author Biography

Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Her recent novel Liquid has been shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize. Her translation from Farsi of Mahsa Mohebali's In Case of Emergency was a New Yorker Best Book of 2022, while her translation of Farzaneh Milani's biography of the midcentury poet Forugh Farrokhzad is forthcoming with Liveright fall 2026. Her work has appeared in Granta, New York Magazine, n+1, and elsewhere.

Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: March 11, 2025
ISBN9781643756509
Author Mariam Rahmani
PublisherAlgonquin Books
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedMarch 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Mariam Rahmani is a writer and translator. Her fiction, essays, and translations have appeared in Granta, Gulf Coast, n+1, and elsewhere. Her first book-length translation was named Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker. Rahmani holds a PhD from UCLA and an MFA from Columbia, as well as degrees from Princeton and Oxford. She teaches at Bennington College.

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