{"product_id":"the-necessary-beggar-9780765314918","title":"The Necessary Beggar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great modern SF novel of the immigrant experience, as timely today as it was on its first publication, Susan Palwick's \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLemabantunk, the Glorious City, is a place of peace and plenty, bejeweled streets and glittering waterfalls. It is also a place of severe justice. Darroti, a young merchant, has been accused of the brutal murder of a highborn woman. Now, in keeping with his world's customs, his entire family must share in his punishment: exile to the unknown world that lies beyond a mysterious gate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassing through the gate, and grieving for the life they left behind, Darroti and his family find themselves in a harsh and hostile land: America just a few years hence. Unable to explain their origin, they're rapidly remanded to a desert internment camp along with thousands of other refugees. There they struggle to make sense of this ill-fated new world and its strange gods. They will eventually make their way out of the camp--and each of them will adapt, or fail to adapt, to their new lives according to their natures. And learn, or fail to learn, what actually happened back in Lemabantunk . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Jo Walton, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmong Others.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Triumphant...Succeeds as a heart-wrenching romance, a sharp meditation on refugees and\u003cbr\u003edisplaced persons, and a tragicomedy of cultural differences. Outstanding.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765314918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e105347 \/ Necessary Beggar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Susan Palwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642504179868,"sku":"9780765314918","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1f97bec4-e038-4826-aab0-220949665b10.jpg?v=1603854982","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-necessary-beggar-9780765314918","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}