{"product_id":"far-afield-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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589865013522,"sku":"9780679753766","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36f77d68-5223-4393-a7e8-1a100d96919c.jpg?v=1756811244","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/far-afield-9780679753766","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}