{"product_id":"i-am-my-country-and-other-stories-hardcover","title":"I Am My Country: And Other Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenan Orhan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful and provocative debut collection\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) by \"a startling talent who can seemingly do anything\" (Anthony Marra) that explores the lives of ordinary people in Turkey to reveal how even individual acts of resistance have extraordinary repercussions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eI Am My Country\u003c\/i\u003e employs many different literary styles and voices to dazzling effect.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning decades and landscapes, from the forests along the Black Sea to the streets of Istanbul, Kenan Orhan's ​playful stories ​conjure dreamlike worlds--of talking animals, flying houses, and omniscient prayer-callers--to ​examine humanity's unfaltering pursuit of hope in even the darkest circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA determined florist trains a neighborhood stray dog to blow up a corrupt president. A garbage collector finds banned instruments--and later, musicians--in the trash and takes them home to form a clandestine orchestra in her attic. A smuggler risks his life to bring a young woman claiming to be pregnant via immaculate conception across the border with Syria. A poor cage-maker tries to use his ability to talk to birds to woo his childhood love just before the 1955 Istanbul pogrom. These characters are united by a desperate yearning to break free from the volatile realities they face: rising authoritarianism, cultural and political turmoil, and staggering violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the absurd to the tenderhearted, the stories in \u003ci\u003eI Am My Country \u003c\/i\u003eilluminate the constant force amid one country's history of rampant oppression and revolutionary progress: the impulse to survive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenan Orhan\u003c\/b\u003e is a Turkish American writer and a recipient of the O. Henry Prize. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Orhan received his MFA from Emerson College and lives in Kansas City.\u003ci\u003e I Am My Country\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\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 1 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472564404402,"sku":"9780593449462","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/12533139806df2b558e7614e044f34e5.webp?v=1779111042","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/i-am-my-country-and-other-stories-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}