A Hero of Our Time Audiobook Libro.fm

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For fans of Yellowface and American Fiction A Hero of Our Time is a vicious takedown of superficial diversity initiatives and tech culture with a beating heart of broken sincerity that the Toronto Star calls apowerful unexpected reading experience

Osman Shah is a pitstop on his white colleague Olivia Robinsons quest for corporate domination at AAP an edutech startup determined to automate higher education
Osman obsessed by Olivias ability to successfully disguise ambition and selfinterest as collectivist diversity politics is bent on exposing her Aided by his colleague turned comradeinarms Nena who loathes and tolerates him in equal measure Osman delves into Olivias twisted past But at every turn hes stymied by his unfailing gift for cruel observation which he turns with most ferocity on himself without ever noticing what it is that stops him from connecting to anyone in his past or present As Osman loses his grip on his family Nena and everything he thought was essential to his identity he confronts an enemy who may simply be too good at her job to be defeated

A Hero of Our Time cracks the veneer of wellintentioned race conversations in the West dismantles cheery narratives of progress through tech and streamlined education and exposes the venomous selfcongratulation and devouring lust for wealth power and property that lurks beneath