{"product_id":"a-stranger-at-my-table-the-postcolonial-story-of-a-family-caught-in-the-half-life-of-empires-9780999754474","title":"A Stranger at My Table: The Postcolonial Story of a Family Caught in the Half-Life of Empires","description":"A highly relevant topic regarding immigration, borders and the shifting definitions of origin and home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reads like a mystery story as Figueiredo cuts his way with a machete through jungles looking for headstones, travels to the exotic island of Zanzibar with its mix of Swahili, Arab, and British influences and Salig o, Goa, an original post for Portuguese maritime traders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Figueiredo demonstrates that the tragedies specific to inter-ethnic and multiracial families nevertheless bear latent gifts for literature and culture when treated with openness, bravery and curiosity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Family photos punctuate the book, inserted into the prose as oblique commentary and a literary device, giving the book layers of meaning and depth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is the antidote to the pathological narcissism of the Karl Ove Knausgaard \"Norwegian reality literature\" phenomenon - a searching story with heart about the challenges of families trying to stay together despite the global pressures that continually drive them apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Opens the world in a book, with interesting points of colonial history and evocative descriptions woven throughout the author's poignant reflections. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We are along step-by-step in Figueiredo's journey, and are as surprised as he is by the revelations, letters, and occasional repressed memories that surface along the way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Figueiredo is the critically-acclaimed biographer of Norway's treasured cultural icon, Henrik Ibsen, forthcoming in English with Yale University Press, 2019. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Figueiredo is currently at work on the official biography of Edvard Munch, the most identifiable Norwegian visual artist, which will likely be translated into English as soon as it is published in Norway. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2002, Figueiredo was awarded the Brage Prize for a biography of Johan Bernhard Hjort, the co-founder of the Norwegian Fascist Party who later became a resistance fighter and human rights lawyer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Stranger at My Table\u003c\/i\u003e received one of the highest non-fiction honors in Norway, the 2016 Language Prize and was nominated for the Brage Prize that same year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doppelhouse Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999754474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ivo Figueiredo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36647351582876,"sku":"9780999754474","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_08bb2c14-cd5a-4112-9017-ba3b1fd0244b.jpg?v=1603866851","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-stranger-at-my-table-the-postcolonial-story-of-a-family-caught-in-the-half-life-of-empires-9780999754474","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}