{"product_id":"a-song-from-faraway-9781571311351","title":"A Song from Faraway","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his first book, the Commonwealth Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eVandal Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Deni Ellis B chard \"reinvented the generational novel with innovative brilliance\" (Robert Olen Butler). In his second novel, \u003ci\u003eInto the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, he offered \"a ferociously intelligent and intensely gripping portrait of the expatriate community in Kabul\" (Phil Klay). Most recently, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e described his third novel, \u003ci\u003eWhite\u003c\/i\u003e, as \"captivating, careening, thrilling, and magical.\" In this, his fourth work of fiction, B chard takes readers from nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island to modern-day Iraq, tracing the story of a North American family that is at once singular and emblematic, and exploring the cultural repercussions of war and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinventing themselves in often unexpected ways, the characters in this tapestry defy simplification. A pair of half-brothers come together and drift apart, one passive and risk-averse, the other driven by a passionate desire to understand their reclusive father. A student of Mesopotamian archaeology encounters a young Iraqi man and soon finds himself in Kurdistan, researching stolen artifacts along with mysteries in his father's past. An Irish-Acadian soldier carries his fiddle and folk song across the battlefields of the First World War. An orphan-turned-assassin pursues his target across the deserts of Mexico and Texas, using a novel as evidence for his location. Growing together and then apart, these and others chase their dreams and run from their nightmares, hungry for life and longing for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimated throughout by a striking beauty and ferocity, \u003ci\u003eA Song from Faraway\u003c\/i\u003e pieces together \"stories we tell about ourselves,\" illuminating the human condition and our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Deni Ellis B\u0026#233;chard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660144079004,"sku":"9781571311351","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9354a311-711e-4708-8d33-734302b0aeb2.jpg?v=1603896198","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-song-from-faraway-9781571311351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}