{"product_id":"the-legend-of-baraffo-9781771668415","title":"The Legend of Baraffo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Baraffo, a town gripped by revolutionary fervour, a boy named Mazzu grapples to understand the motivations of Babello, a man imprisoned for an act of arson. When Babello begins a hunger strike and another building is set ablaze, tensions mount among the citizens and Mazzu considers a risky solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin an extraordinary world, this sweeping and mythical story asks prescient questions about the nature of social change: is it better accelerated by those who seek total transformation or attained by those trying to work within the system?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOEZ SURANI's \u003c\/b\u003ewriting has been published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Experimental Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received a Chalmers Arts Fellowship, which supported research in India and East Africa. He has been an artist-in-residence in Finland, Italy, Latvia, Myanmar, Switzerland, Taiwan, the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, and at MacDowell in the US. He is the author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Baraffo\u003c\/i\u003e, and various poetry books, including \u003ci\u003eAre the Rivers in Your Poems Real \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOperations\u003c\/i\u003e. Surani lives in Toronto. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50393885933842,"sku":"9781771668415","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8c4307b-1333-4a29-b656-fc35d571b7e0.jpg?v=1728995638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-legend-of-baraffo-9781771668415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}