The Coin
By Yasmin Zaher
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Coin (2024) is the debut novel of Palestinian writer Yasmin Zaher, about a young Palestinian woman living in New York City. The narrator, a wealthy woman from Jerusalem, teaches at a school for underprivileged boys while becoming obsessed with cleanliness and her own body. When she meets a homeless man with a scheme to resell Birkin bags, she is drawn into an unusual partnership as her grip on her life loosens.