{"product_id":"a-song-from-faraway-paperback","title":"A Song from Faraway - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeni Ellis Béchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this, his fourth work of fiction, Béchard takes readers from nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island to modern-day Iraq, tracing the story of a North American family that is at once singular and emblematic, and exploring the cultural repercussions of war and violence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReinventing themselves in often unexpected ways, the characters in this tapestry defy simplification. A pair of half-brothers come together and drift apart, one passive and risk-averse, the other driven by a passionate desire to understand their reclusive father. A student of Mesopotamian archaeology encounters a young Iraqi man and soon finds himself in Kurdistan, researching stolen artifacts along with mysteries in his father's past. An Irish-Acadian soldier carries his fiddle and folk song across the battlefields of the First World War. An orphan-turned-assassin pursues his target across the deserts of Mexico and Texas, using a novel as evidence for his location. Growing together and then apart, these and others chase their dreams and run from their nightmares, hungry for life and longing for purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimated throughout by a striking beauty and ferocity, \u003cem\u003eA Song from Faraway\u003c\/em\u003e pieces together \"stories we tell about ourselves,\" illuminating the human condition and our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeni Ellis Béchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven previous books of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eVandal Love\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize, and \u003ci\u003eInto the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2016 Midwest Book Award for Literary Fiction and selected by CBC\/Radio-Canada as one of the most important books to be read by Canada's political leadership. His work has received the Nautilus Book Award for Investigative Journalism and been featured in \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and his photojournalism has been exhibited in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. His articles, fiction, and photos have been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReuters\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePacific Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair Italia\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e (Scotland), the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from India, Cuba, Rwanda, Colombia, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760512500000,"sku":"9781571311351","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ab64ee795c2d91c90d8249b36665e80.webp?v=1780182017","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-song-from-faraway-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}