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The Submission (2011)

by Amy Waldman(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0374271569 (ISBN13: 9780374271565)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

review 1: The story at the heart of this novel is reminiscent of the controversy over the proposed construction of the cultural center near the original site of the World Trade Center (sometimes referred to as the 'Ground Zero Mosque'). I was slightly disappointed by this book, expecting to like it more than I did. I didn't think the characters were particularly well drawn and I thought the dialog was a little clunky at times. Overall, I think the idea of the story (depicting a competition for the memorial to the events of 9/11) is interesting but didn't feel it was fully realized.
review 2: In a post 9/11 world, a Muslim American wins a blind contest to build the memorial. A really intriguing book, but not always compelling; these are not heroic characters. The best ... moreare often spineless and the worst are filled with misplaced venom. I would dearly love to think that in the America I love, we're not so stupid as to denounce a man for an act he had absolutely nothing to do with simply because he shares a religion and skin tone with the perpetrators, and that more moderate views would rule the day. But we are precisely that stupid and moderate voices get shouted down. Only hatred and righteous (I use that term loosely) anger are loud enough to cut through. less

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