{"product_id":"arcadia-9781644210536","title":"Arcadia","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn English-language debut that reveals and subverts contemporary conceptions of normative sexuality, capitalist culture, and environmental degradation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner, Prix du Livre Inter, 2019\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Prix Femina, Prix Medicis, Prix de Flore\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Prix France-Culture, Prix Wepler \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFarah moves into Liberty House--an arcadia, a community in harmony with nature--at the tender age of six, with her family. The commune's spiritual leader, Arcady, preaches equality, non-violence, anti-speciesism, free love, and uninhibited desire for all, regardless of gender, age, looks, or ability. At fifteen, Farah learns she is intersex, and begins to go beyond the confines of gender, as she explores the arc of her own desires. What, Farah asks, is a man or a woman? What does it mean to be part of a community? What is utopia when there are refugees nearby seeking shelter who cannot enter?\u003cbr\u003e Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam delivers a magisterial novel, both a celebration and a critique of innocence in the contemporary world.\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 05\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644210536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39894470099125,"sku":"9781644210536","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2722ec9c-f0a9-4b86-b830-4d66cfd62888.jpg?v=1619543462","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/arcadia-9781644210536","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}