{"product_id":"far-afield-isbn-9780679753766","title":"Far Afield","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compulsively readable novel of enormous charm swimming in the cuisine and culture of the Faroe Islands from the author of \u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.  But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone \"study,\" the culture he encounters.  From his struggles with the local cuisine to his affair with the Danish woman the locals want him to marry, Jonathan is both repelled by and drawn into the Faroese way of life. Wry and insightful, \u003ci\u003eFar Afield \u003c\/i\u003ereveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion.\"Brilliant . . . a novel distinguished for [its] intelligence, psychological insight, and splendid writing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Enthralling . . . at times supernaturally beautiful.  A gritty, intellectual, emotionally complex and astute account of an outsider succumbing to the hidden charms of a remote and peculiar island community.\" --\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kaysen softly moves the story forward, chronicling personal change with deft touches of insight and with detail of island life so rich that it seems she had spent a year there herself.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Witty, intelligent. . . . An inspired novel about the human condition and the nature of civilization.  One of the best novels . . . in some time.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Magazine\u003c\/i\u003eSusanna Kaysen has written the novels \u003ci\u003eAsa, As I Knew Him\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFar Afield\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eGirl, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Camera My Mother Gave Me.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301080125669,"sku":"NP9780679753766","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679753766.jpg?v=1767726724","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/far-afield-isbn-9780679753766","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}