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1. • • Despite these flaws — which may register to some readers as quibbles — American War is a worthy first novel, thought-provoking, earnest and mostly well-wrought... El Akkad’s formidable talent is to offer up a stinging rebuke of the distance with which the United States sometimes views current disasters, which are always happening somewhere else.
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   Is American War a good book?

   • There are considerable flaws in “American War” — from badly melodramatic dialogue to highly contrived and derivative plot points — but El Akkad has so deftly imagined the world his characters inhabit, and writes with such propulsive verve, that the reader can easily overlook such lapses.

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   Is American War a real story?

   • Each week, top authors and critics join the Book Review’s podcast to talk about the latest news in the literary world. Listen here. The details of “American War,” Omar El Akkad’s dystopian novel about an unraveling United States, makes his fictional future feel alarmingly real.

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   What is American War by Omar el Akkad about?

   • "American War" by Omar El Akkad is a thought-provoking and compelling dystopian novel set in a future America ravaged by a second Civil War. The book delves into themes of conflict, survival, and the human cost of war, offering a poignant reflection on the potential consequences of political and environmental turmoil.

   American War Summary - BookBrief

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   How much does American War cost?

   • 333 pages. Knopf. $26.95. Omar El Akkad’s debut novel, “American War,” is an unlikely mash-up of unsparing war reporting and plot elements familiar to readers of the recent young-adult dystopian series “ The Hunger Games ” and “ Divergent .”

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   What is the theme of American War?

   • "American War" delves into several profound themes, offering insights into the human experience and the moral complexities of conflict and survival. The novel poignantly explores the human capacity for survival and resilience in the face of adversity, depicting the characters' unwavering determination to navigate the harsh realities of war.

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   What is the narrative of American War?

   • Holding true to the old adage that war is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of terror, the bulk of American War ’s narrative occurs in the moments between the violence, deriving its power from the physical and emotional ruin left in its wake.

   Book Review: American War by Omar El Akkad

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   Apr 4, 2017 · American War is the story of the second American Civil War, a war that breaks out in 2074 over the use of oil. Now, the North and South are once more divided, Texas has become a part of Mexico again, and China is the the most powerful nation in the world.

   • 3.8/5 (39.4K)

   • Format: Kindle Edition

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   American War is the first novel by the Canadian-Egyptian journalist Omar El Akkad. It is set in the United States in the near future, ravaged by climate change and disease, in which the Second Civil War has broken out over the use of fossil fuels.

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   Aug 30, 2017 · ‘American War’ by Omar El Akkad is published by Picador, £14.99. This impressive debut imagines a second American Civil War set from 2074 to 2095 and is set apart from other dystopian...

   • 4/5

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   America’s tortured present lends unsettling believability to American War, the dystopian debut from journalist Omar El Akkad with its late 21st-century picture of a second civil war, fought over fossil fuel in a US devastated by environmental disaster.

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   • 5/5 (6)

   • Format: Paperback

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   Mar 27, 2017 · The details of “American War,” Omar El Akkad’s dystopian novel about an unraveling United States, makes his fictional future feel alarmingly real.

   • Author: Michiko Kakutani

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   Apr 26, 2017 · This devastated landscape, and the catastrophic Second Civil War that ensues, is the subject of Omar El Akkad’s pitch-black debut novel, American War. At the center of the story is Sarat Chestnut, who is a young girl when the war breaks out but gradually comes to play a decisive role in its outcome.

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   "American War" by Omar El Akkad is a thought-provoking and compelling dystopian novel set in a future America ravaged by a second Civil War. The book delves into themes of conflict, survival, and the human cost of war, offering a poignant reflection on the potential consequences of political and environmental turmoil.