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The Last Illusion

by Porochista Khakpour
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The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion

From caged 'bird boy' to New York's chaos.

If you've ever felt like an outsider looking in, "The Last Illusion" might resonate with you deeply. Porochista Khakpour crafts a haunting yet beautiful tale of Zal, who grapples with his unconventional upbringing and the quest for identity amidst the buzzing chaos of New York City. The novel's blend of reality and magical realism might just stretch your perception of what it means to belong and become human.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Last Illusion

by Porochista Khakpour
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ISBN: 9781408858585
Authors: Porochista Khakpour
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Publication: 2014-12-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Race, Literature, Magical Realism, Mythology, Asian Literature, Urban Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.37
(rated by 1032 readers)

Description

In a rural Iranian village, Zal's demented mother, horrified by the pallor of his skin and hair, becomes convinced she has given birth to a 'white demon.' She hides him in a birdcage, and there he lives for the next decade. Unfamiliar with human society, Zal eats birdseed and insects, squats atop the newspaper he sleeps on, and communicates only in the squawks and shrieks of the other pet birds around him. Freed from his cage and adopted by a behavioural analyst, Zal awakens in New York to the possibility of a future. An emotionally stunted adolescent, he strives to become human as he stumbles toward adulthood, but his persistent dreams of 'bird' and his secret penchant for candied insects make real conformity impossible. As New York survives one potential disaster—Y2K—and hurtles toward another—9/11—Zal finds himself in a cast of fellow outsiders. A friendship with a famous illusionist who claims—delighting the bird boy—that he can fly—and a romantic relationship with a disturbed artist who believes she is clairvoyant send Zal's life spiraling into chaos. Like the rest of New York, he is on a collision course with devastation.
 

From caged 'bird boy' to New York's chaos.

If you've ever felt like an outsider looking in, "The Last Illusion" might resonate with you deeply. Porochista Khakpour crafts a haunting yet beautiful tale of Zal, who grapples with his unconventional upbringing and the quest for identity amidst the buzzing chaos of New York City. The novel's blend of reality and magical realism might just stretch your perception of what it means to belong and become human.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.