Far Afield
by Susanna Kaysen | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0679753761 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0679753761 Global Overview for this book
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Amazon.com Book Description:
"Jonathan 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, Far Afield reveals reveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion."
"Far Afield" was written by the author of "Girl, Interrupted."
Amazon.com Book Description:
"Jonathan 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, Far Afield reveals reveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion."
"Far Afield" was written by the author of "Girl, Interrupted."
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