{"product_id":"stone-dreams-9781644699133","title":"Stone Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmid ethnic violence, political corruption, and petty professional intrigue, an artist tries to live free of lies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet during the last years of the Soviet Union, \u003ci\u003eStone Dreams \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Azerbaijani actor Sadai Sadygly, who lands in a Baku hospital while trying to protect an elderly Armenian man from a gang of young Azerbaijanis. Something of a modern-day Don Quixote, Sadai has long battled the hatred and corruption he observes in contemporary Azerbaijani society. Wandering in and out of consciousness, he revisits his hometown, the ancient village of Aylis, where Christian Armenians and Muslim Azeris once lived peacefully together, and dreams of making a pilgrimage of atonement to Armenia. \u003ci\u003eStone Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis a searing, painful meditation on the ability of art and artists--of individual human beings--to make change in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Academic Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644699133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100","brand":"Akram Aylisli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42222817312949,"sku":"9781644699133","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_64e9de32-890d-4977-add0-c00bf060ab4a.jpg?v=1655779511","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stone-dreams-9781644699133","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}