{"product_id":"i-dream-with-open-eyes-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"I Dream with Open Eyes: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Prochnik\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhatever the ideological slant of our information feeds, nowadays we all share a sense of binge-watching the apocalypse. Facing so much uncertainty, we need a language for thinking about the unknown not simply as a threat but also as a space of fertile possibility. George Prochnik has chosen to reflect on these urgent themes through the lens of a personal narrative: an account of his own family's decision to leave the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Dream with Open Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an exploration of Prochnik's ancestral past: the pilgrimage of his mother's family, who were among the first English settlers in the New World. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, a parallel migration unfolds as Prochnik, along with his wife and their son, makes the decision to uproot their lives in New York to move to England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deep critique of this current moment, Prochnik takes the words of nineteenth-century poet Heinrich Heine, \"I dream with open eyes, and my eyes see,\" as an inspiration to ask how, as a society, we might use art and literature to refract and expand our vision of the future, while simultaneously generating a new focus on present realities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PROCHNIK\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in general nonfiction in 2021. He is the author of five books of nonfiction including \u003ci\u003eStranger in a Strange Land\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e editors' choice and was short-listed for the 2018 Wingate Literary Prize in the United Kingdom. His previous book, \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the 2016 Wingate Literary Prize and won the National Jewish Book Award for Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir. Prochnik is also the author of \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePutnam Camp\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHeinrich Heine: Writing the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and is editor at large for Cabinet magazine. Born in Grand Junction, Colorado, Prochnik currently lives in London with his wife and their son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.23 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766303850784,"sku":"9781640095472","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ba27ff01d9f5eb5b549468c6e42353e8.webp?v=1780289735","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-dream-with-open-eyes-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}