{"product_id":"home-and-away-9780374279837","title":"Home and Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo world-class writers reveal themselves to be the ultimate soccer fans in these collected letters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Sk ne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee, and Argentina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFredrik Ekelund is away, in Brazil, where he plays soccer on the beach and watches matches with others. Ekelund loves games that end up 4-3 and teams that play beautiful soccer. He likes caipirinhas and Brazil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome and Away\u003c\/i\u003e is an unusual soccer book, in which the two authors use soccer and the World Cup in Brazil as the arena for reflections on life and death, art and politics, class and literature. What does it mean to be at home in a globalized world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis exchange of letters opens up new vistas and gives us stories from the lives of two creative writers. We get under their skin and gain insight into their relationships with modern times and soccer's place in their lives, the significance the game has for people in general, and the question Was this the best soccer championship ever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374279837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2016 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karl Ove Knausgaard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45369939493045,"sku":"9780374279837","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_82991dd3-0cc2-4e8e-9306-e88b91fe7bc4.jpg?v=1747108901","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/home-and-away-9780374279837","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}