{"product_id":"i-am-my-country-and-other-stories-9780593449462","title":"I Am My Country: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fiercely imaginative debut story collection by \"a startling talent who can seemingly do anything\" (Anthony Marra) explores the lives of ordinary people in Turkey to reveal how even individual acts of resistance have extraordinary repercussions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No recent collection has captivated me as much as \u003ci\u003eI Am My Country\u003c\/i\u003e. You must read it!\"--Andrew Sean Greer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning decades and landscapes, from the forests along the Black Sea to the streets of Istanbul, Kenan Orhan's ​playful stories ​conjure dreamlike worlds--of talking animals, flying houses, and omniscient prayer-callers--to ​examine humanity's unfaltering pursuit of hope in even the darkest circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA determined florist trains a neighborhood stray dog to blow up a corrupt president. A garbage collector finds banned instruments--and later, musicians--in the trash and takes them home to form a clandestine orchestra in her attic. A smuggler risks his life to bring a young woman claiming to be pregnant via immaculate conception across the border with Syria. A poor cage-maker tries to use his ability to talk to birds to woo his childhood love just before the 1955 Istanbul pogrom. These characters are united by a desperate yearning to break free from the volatile realities they face: rising authoritarianism, cultural and political turmoil, and staggering violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the absurd to the tenderhearted, the stories in \u003ci\u003eI Am My Country \u003c\/i\u003eilluminate the constant force amid one country's history of rampant oppression and revolutionary progress: the impulse to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593449462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kenan Orhan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753376256181,"sku":"9780593449462","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2a359a55-b197-4a04-a0c5-495fa023bb08.jpg?v=1677594239","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-am-my-country-and-other-stories-9780593449462","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}