{"product_id":"dare-the-sea-stories-9780810146440","title":"Dare the Sea: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eDebut short-story collection in English from acclaimed fiction writer Ali Hosseini\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories in \u003ci\u003eDare the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e explore Iran's landscape, culture, and the undercurrent of change affecting its people--both in Iran and the United States. The stories in the first half of the collection are set in Iran in the time before and just after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Each tale discloses the obstacles rural Iranians lived with on a daily basis and the exigencies of survival: petty theft, corruption, drug trafficking, religion, and love. Stories in the second half take place in exile, where characters are seemingly dropped into American locales like the Midwest or Hawaii, taking in their situation with only the survival skills they've learned in their own land and enduring the hardships of being strangers in a new country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loosely interconnected by reappearing characters, the stories in \u003ci\u003eDare the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e are strongly linked by the country of Iran, its landscape, its history, and its hold on its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810146440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200","brand":"Ali Hosseini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084117704885,"sku":"9780810146440","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_883bddd8-a51a-4e57-853e-b4c5df72e3c9.jpg?v=1692110788","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dare-the-sea-stories-9780810146440","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}