{"product_id":"i-dream-with-open-eyes-a-memoir-9781640095472","title":"I Dream with Open Eyes: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of one family's history and its future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhatever the ideological slant of our information feeds, nowadays we all share a sense of binge-watching the apocalypse. Facing so much uncertainty, we need a language for thinking about the unknown not simply as a threat, but also as a space of fertile possibility. George Prochnik has chosen to reflect on these urgent themes through the lens of a personal narrative: an account of his own family's decision to leave the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Dream with Open Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an exploration of Prochnik's ancestral past: the pilgrimage of his mother's family, who were among the first English settlers in the New World. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, a parallel migration unfolds as Prochnik, along with his wife and their son, make the decision to uproot their lives in New York to move to England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deep critique of this current moment, Prochnik takes the words of nineteenth-century poet Heinrich Heine, \"I dream with open eyes, and my eyes see,\" as an inspiration to ask how, as a society, we might use art and literature to refract and expand our vision for the future, while simultaneously generating a new focus on present realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Prochnik","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314688692405,"sku":"9781640095472","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6fe5c099-2e22-4a22-aac1-51bd7a418f12.jpg?v=1659412311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-dream-with-open-eyes-a-memoir-9781640095472","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}