{"product_id":"life-before-dolphins-kirmen-uribe-9781566897730","title":"Life Before Dolphins","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hybrid and moving novel mixing history, memoir, and fiction that speaks to universal themes of family, immigration, and history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwarded a fellowship at the New York Public Library, our narrator, Uribe, reflects on his life as an antimilitarist in the Basque Country, while researching the Hungarian activist and pacifist Rosika Schwimmer. As Uribe uncovers Rosika's purpose in World War I, he struggles to understand his own ambitions as a migrant in a new country. The narrative weaves myth, personal history, and the forgotten story of a stateless feminist into a meditation on crossing borders--geographical, emotional, and historical. Formally bold, the novel blends an unfinished manuscript, a pandemic letter, and even a TikTok video, speaking to a moment when questions of migration, gender equality, and historical memory feel increasingly urgent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvocative and genre-blurring, \u003ci\u003eLife Before Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of resilience, imagination, and the secret language of those who choose to live softly in a hard world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirmen Uribe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566897734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566897730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kirmen Uribe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48807334576383,"sku":"9781566897730","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-before-dolphins-kirmen-uribe-9781566897730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}