{"product_id":"a-country-for-dying-9781609809904","title":"A Country for Dying","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite novel of North Africans in Paris by \"one of the most original and necessary voices in world literature\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, Summer 2010. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZahira is 40 years old, Moroccan, a prostitute, traumatized by her father's suicide decades prior, and in love with a man who no longer loves her.\u003cbr\u003eZannouba, Zahira's friend and protege, formerly known as Aziz, prepares for gender confirmation surgery and reflects on the reoccuring trauma of loss, including the loss of her pre-transition male persona.\u003cbr\u003eMojtaba is a gay Iranian revolutionary who, having fled to Paris, seeks refuge with Zahira for the month of Ramadan.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Allal, Zahira's first love back in Morocco, travels to Paris to find Zahira. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough swirling, perpendicular narratives, \u003ci\u003eA Country for Dying\u003c\/i\u003e follows the inner lives of emigrants as they contend with the space between their dreams and their realities, a schism of a postcolonial world where, as Ta a writes, \"So many people find themselves in the same situation. It is our destiny: To pay with our bodies for other people's future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609809904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abdellah Taia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661920235676,"sku":"9781609809904","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c8eb77cb-daee-4ff6-b3df-c800bb30dd6e.jpg?v=1603900577","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-country-for-dying-9781609809904","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}