A nuanced critique of ‘soft power’ in ‘A Door in the Earth’
Sep 17, 2019
2 minutes
Among the many smart novels to deal with the 9/11 terrorist attacks was “The Submission” by Amy Waldman, a former New York Times journalist. By imagining what would have happened if a Muslim American had been selected to design a memorial in New York, Waldman explored the intense emotions that held sway in the still-raw years following the attacks.
In her latest work of
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