{"product_id":"harmattan-michael-d-jackson-9780231172356","title":"Harmattan: A Philosophical Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe all experience qualms and anxieties when we move from the known to the unknown. Though our fulfillment in life may depend on testing limits, our faintheartedness is a reminder of our need for security and our awareness of the risks of venturing into alien worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvoking the hot, dust-filled Harmattan winds that blow from the Sahara to the Gulf of Guinea, this book creatively explores what it means to be buffeted by the unforeseen and the unknown. Celebrating the life-giving potential of people, places, and powers that lie beyond our established worlds, \u003ci\u003eHarmattan\u003c\/i\u003e connects existential vitality to the act of resisting prescribed customs and questioning received notions of truth. At the book's heart is the fictional story of Tom Lannon, a graduate student from Cambridge University, who remains ambivalent about pursuing a conventional life. After traveling to Sierra Leone in the aftermath of its devastating civil war, Tom meets a writer who helps him explore the possibilities of renewal. Illustrating the fact that certain aspects of human existence are common to all people regardless of culture and history, \u003ci\u003eHarmattan\u003c\/i\u003e remakes the distinction between home and world and the relationship between knowledge and life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael D. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231172354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231172356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 68","brand":"Michael D. Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440906219775,"sku":"9780231172356","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e63d984e-3fef-46d4-9e77-1ef27b14975b.jpg?v=1777187461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harmattan-michael-d-jackson-9780231172356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}