Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
By: Rajiv Mohabir
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing Finalist for the 2022 PEN Open…
Want to Read $ 9.99"I'd never thought of writing as a gift, but a skill and a bravery that you have after refusing to burn up in flame. It was an act against death."-Rajiv Mohabir, Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
"I'd never thought of writing as a gift, but a skill and a bravery that you have after refusing to burn up in flame. It was an act against death."-Rajiv Mohabir, Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
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4.25
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3.96
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4.15
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16. Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir
By: Rajiv Mohabir
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2019 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing Finalist for the 2022 PEN Open… read more
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