{"product_id":"be-my-guest-reflections-on-food-community-and-the-meaning-of-generosity-9780525657859","title":"Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our daily worlds, and in the world at large.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe My Guest \u003c\/i\u003eis an utterly unique, deeply personal meditation on what it means to tend to others and to ourselves--and how the two things work hand in hand. Priya Basil explores how food--and the act of offering food to others--are used to express love and support. Weaving together stories from her own life with knowledge gleaned from her Sikh heritage; her years spent in Kenya, India, Britain, and Germany; and ideas from Derrida, Plato, Arendt, and Peter Singer, Basil focuses an unexpected and illuminating light on what it means to be both a host and a guest. Lively, wide-ranging, and impassioned, \u003ci\u003eBe My Guest\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular work, at once a deeply felt plea for a kinder, more welcoming world and a reminder that, fundamentally, we all have more in common than we imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRIYA BASIL was born in London to a family with Indian roots and grew up in Kenya. In 2002 she moved to Berlin, where she still lives. She has published two novels and a novella, as well as numerous essays for various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Basil is also the cofounder of Authors for Peace, a political platform for writers and artists, established in 2010.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514235457810,"sku":"9780525657859","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77ce9f53-7b09-4672-8a11-4cb70c7251cf.jpg?v=1737223696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/be-my-guest-reflections-on-food-community-and-the-meaning-of-generosity-9780525657859","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}