{"product_id":"the-faraway-nearby-9780143125495","title":"The Faraway Nearby","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOrwell's Roses\u003c\/i\u003e, a personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy--a fitting companion to Solnit's \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exquisitely written book by the author of \u003ci\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, Rebecca Solnit explores the ways we make our lives out of stories, and how we are connected by empathy, by narrative, by imagination. In the course of unpacking some of her own stories--of her mother and her decline from memory loss, of a trip to Iceland, of an illness--Solnit revisits fairytales and entertains other stories: about arctic explorers, Che Guevara among the leper colonies, and Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein, about warmth and coldness, pain and kindness, decay and transformation, making art and making self. Woven together, these stories create a map which charts the boundaries and territories of storytelling, reframing who each of us is and how we might tell our story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Solnit, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143125495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Rebecca Solnit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39818321166411,"sku":"9780143125495","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_288340d6-1488-428d-8810-6d4406bed88e.jpg?v=1659409312","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/the-faraway-nearby-9780143125495","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}