{"product_id":"fishermans-blues-a-west-african-community-at-sea-9781594634871","title":"Fisherman's Blues: A West African Community at Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAND PASTE MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependent on an ocean that is being radically transformed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sea is broken, fishermen say. The sea is empty. The genii have taken the fish elsewhere.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor centuries, fishermen have launched their pirogues from the Senegalese port of Joal, where the fish used to be so plentiful a man could dip his hand into the grey-green ocean and pull one out as big as his thigh. But in an Atlantic decimated by overfishing and climate change, the fish are harder and harder to find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, Badkhen discovers, all boundaries are permeable--between land and sea, between myth and truth, even between storyteller and story. \u003ci\u003eFisherman's Blues\u003c\/i\u003e immerses us in a community navigating a time of unprecedented environmental, economic, and cultural upheaval with resilience, ingenuity, and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594634871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Anna Badkhen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838773821621,"sku":"9781594634871","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38920a5a-95a8-4d65-b467-ca23aefbb576.jpg?v=1712029598","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fishermans-blues-a-west-african-community-at-sea-9781594634871","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}