{"product_id":"endurance-alex-pillen-9789004709515","title":"Endurance: Speaking Kurdish in a Warped World","description":"In \u003ci\u003e Endurance \u003c\/i\u003e, Alex Pillen portrays a sense of being unique within Kurdish cultural spheres. How to feel unique despite devastating violence, cultural oppression and assimilation is a question faced by many communities globally. Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) is a focal point for such uniqueness. \u003cbr\u003e When a culture is under siege and many have lost a former way of life it may not be clear how a society looks itself in the mirror, finds its reflection. Alex Pillen's portrayal of Speaking Kurdish in a Warped World locates such lines of reflection within everyday language. The fear of a random geopolitical pair of dice is global, a fear to be honed when reading this account of uniqueness in the face of totalising loss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Pillen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004709517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004709515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Alex Pillen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46571372413183,"sku":"9789004709515","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ece1463-ebf5-45ee-8e64-95177295bf96.jpg?v=1738808041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/endurance-alex-pillen-9789004709515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}