{"product_id":"encircling-2-origins-9781555978013","title":"Encircling 2: Origins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncircling 2\u003c\/i\u003e continues Carl Frode Tiller's \"poised and effective \u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e-style exploration of multiple psyches\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBook two of \u003ci\u003eThe Encircling Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e continues piecing together the fractured identity of David, the absent central figure who has lost his memory. Three very different friends write letters about his childhood on the backwater island of Otter ya. Ole, a farmer struggling to right his floundering marriage, recalls days in the woods when an act of pretending went very wrong. Tom Roger, a rough-edged outsider slipping into domestic violence, shares a cruder side of David as he crows about their exploits selling stolen motorcycles and spreads gossip about who David's father might be. But it is Paula, a former midwife now consigned to a nursing home, who has the most explosive secret of all, one that threatens to undo everything we know about David. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a carefully scored polyphony of voices and an unwavering attention to domestic life, Carl Frode Tiller shows how deeply identity is influenced by our friendships. \u003ci\u003eThe Encircling Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative portrayal of one man's life that is both starkly honest and unnervingly true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555978013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carl Frode Tiller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445535441077,"sku":"9781555978013","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fc149097-f112-4b49-a944-fcd78aedce45.jpg?v=1753798875","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/encircling-2-origins-9781555978013","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}