{"product_id":"longing-an-asterix-anthology-december-2024-paperback","title":"Longing: An Aster(ix) Anthology, December 2024 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTanya Shirazi Galvez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonging is inextricable from desire, pain, grief. We can long to return\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eto a past, one where our fears, preoccupations, sorrows feel opaque in\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ecomparison to the joy, love and ecstasy that make our lives feel whole.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe desire for what we cannot have. Or for what never was, never\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eexisted. For the unfinished, the undone, a pause in the past.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn these works, we long for the opportunity to see the graduation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ecaps that never went up in the air, a yearning to be loved again, we\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"remember the blood.\" A response to a job opportunity has catastrophic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003econsequences for a budding flower shop, a community is marked after\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ean unspeakable crime, a widow finds freedom in unexpected ways, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ea daughter experiences inexplicable pain. We reexamine childhood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ememories that have instilled shame and revisit mother tongues.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716511371327,"sku":"9781942547235","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7fa1ca8def9cbb18fcbb584097e04c19.webp?v=1765075177","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/longing-an-asterix-anthology-december-2024-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}