{"product_id":"feast-days-paperback","title":"Feast Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIan MacKenzie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA New York Times Editors' Pick\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Devastating, funny and wise, it's among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad.\" --Garth Greenwell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntelligent and deeply felt, \u003cem\u003eFeast Days\u003c\/em\u003e follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to São Paulo--a South American megacity that impresses and unsettles, conceals and erupts. Here in her new home, she reckons with the twenty-first century as she encounters crime, protests, refugees gentrification, and the collision of art and commerce, while confronting the crisis slowly building inside her own marriage. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn stylish prose and with piercing wit, Ian MacKenzie tells the story of Emma, a young woman who has moved from New York to Brazil just as massive demonstrations against the government are breaking out across the country amid growing economic inequality. Emma has come to Brazil for her husband's career, with no job prospects of her own, a weak grasp of the language, and a deep ambivalence about having a child. Her early days in Sao Paulo are listless but privileged; she dines at high-end restaurants, tutors wealthy Brazilians in English, and observes the city she now calls home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Emma volunteers at a local church to assist refugees and grows more deeply connected to the people she meets in the course of her days, she finds herself unable to resist the tug of Sao Paulo's political and social unrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the country moves seemingly closer to a breaking point, so does Emma's marriage, as she and her husband can no longer ignore the silent, tectonic shifts beneath the surface of their relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeast Days\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharply observed story of expatriate life, as well as a meditation on the hidden costs of modern living and how easily our belief systems can collapse around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Mackenzie\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard, and since then has lived in New York City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. He currently lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453985374386,"sku":"9780316440158","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/97cc9182e8c55d8cfbb97b417e0f1667.webp?v=1778840992","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/feast-days-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}