{"product_id":"a-portrait-of-paradise-9781961475656","title":"A Portrait of Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Republic of Sofalia, paradise belongs to the powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOil wealth glitters across the capital city of Calanana, where senators travel in armored convoys and traditional rulers cling to fading authority. Beneath the overpass of Elhadj Kaalu Kabani Way lives Queen Aisha - homeless, volatile, and fiercely convinced that she alone understands the moral decay consuming her nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs politicians manipulate constitutional reform for personal gain and the divide between the Ogas and the Atsan widens into something combustible, Sofalia drifts toward a reckoning. A self-made senator with a shadowed past, a princess desperate for legitimacy, a widow haunted by loss, and a child forced into servitude move through a system built on spectacle and silence. Their lives orbit one another in a nation where corruption has become culture and survival demands compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once intimate and panoramic, \u003cem\u003eA Portrait of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold political allegory about power, illusion, faith, and the fragile boundary between madness and truth. In Sofalia, paradise exists - but only for those who can afford it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J Merrill Publishing Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961475656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Iyorwuese Hagher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507678507189,"sku":"9781961475656","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a905a059-dd8e-4f74-93c4-7a2295240774.jpg?v=1778566544","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-portrait-of-paradise-9781961475656","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}