{"product_id":"the-anthropologists-9781639733064","title":"The Anthropologists","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like Walter Benjamin, Aysegül Savas uncovers trapdoors to bewilderment everywhere in everyday life; like Henry James, she sees marriage as a mystery, unsoundably deep. \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e is mesmerizing; I felt I read it in a single breath.\" -Garth Greenwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Savas is an author who simply, and astoundingly, knows.\" -Bryan Washington\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAsya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should their life here look like? What rituals will structure their days? Whom can they consider family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the young couple dreams about the possibilities of each new listing, Asya, a documentarian, gathers footage from the neighborhood like an anthropologist observing local customs. \"Forget about daily life,\" chides her grandmother on the phone. \"We named you for a whole continent and you're filming a park.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in their home countries parents age, grandparents get sick, nieces and nephews grow up-all just slightly out of reach. But Asya and Manu's new world is growing, too, they hope. As they open the horizons of their lives, what and whom will they hold onto, and what will they need to release? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding over a series of apartment viewings, late-night conversations, last rounds of drinks and lazy breakfasts, \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e is a soulful examination of homebuilding and modern love, written with Aysegül Savas' distinctive elegance, warmth, and humor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639733064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33h x 0.22w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ayseg\u0026#252;l Savas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145908875445,"sku":"9781639733064","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_798f02f0-5b28-4615-b08e-8c174f3d831b.jpg?v=1715699060","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-anthropologists-9781639733064","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}