{"product_id":"happiness-hardcover","title":"Happiness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAminatta Forna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Throughout \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e, Forna stops in our tracks . . . Reminiscent at times of Michael Ondaatje's novel \u003ci\u003eAnil's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e . . . \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on grand themes: Love and death, man and nature, cruelty and mercy. But Forna folds this weighty matter into her buoyant creation with a sublimely delicate touch.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLondon. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide--Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist there to deliver a keynote speech. From this chance encounter, Aminatta Forna's unerring powers of observation show how in the midst of the rush of a great city lie numerous moments of connection. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma, as he has done many times before; and to contact the daughter of friends, his \"niece\" who hasn't called home in a while. Ama has been swept up in an immigration crackdown, and now her young son Tano is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen, by chance, Attila runs into Jean again, she mobilizes the network of rubbish men she uses as volunteer fox spotters. Security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens--mainly West African immigrants who work the myriad streets of London--come together to help. As the search for Tano continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeanwhile a consulting case causes Attila to question the impact of his own ideas on trauma, the values of the society he finds himself in, and a grief of his own. In this delicate tale of love and loss, of cruelty and kindness, Forna asks us to consider the interconnectedness of lives, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures, and the true nature of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAminatta Forna\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAncestor Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hired Man\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Devil That Danced on the Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Forna's books have been translated into sixteen languages. Her essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently the Lannan Visiting Chair of Poetics at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689260650559,"sku":"9780802127556","price":31.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c3cac89ad351d285a3fb277f1a1b00be_ca462c94-f58a-44ad-8fec-4bfe48b5d24e.webp?v=1764984963","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/happiness-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}