{"product_id":"lost-inside-the-happy-noise-jim-lukach-9780595331369","title":"Lost Inside the Happy Noise","description":"Pushed into action by Jane Pauley's voice and a television image of a pack of cigarettes being handed through a hole in the Berlin Wall, author Jim Lukach set off for Eastern Europe. \u003ci\u003eLost Inside the Happy Noise\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that capture the heady days of post-revolution in a small city in western Slovakia, days measured out in half-liter beer glasses and startling self-discovery. Holding a mirror to the past--wild boar hunting safaris, a Slovak television appearance, autograph sessions after teaching a successful English class--Lukach reflects on how something as simple as dancing the polka can reach far into the future and questions whether life could ever feel so full again.\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLost Inside the Happy Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, Lukach evokes with the realism of a dream the atmosphere of a time that passed too quickly by, days outside the norm spent tramping through Slovakia or watching his train leave seven times without boarding. But most of all, it is about the small moments teaching English and discoveries made in the most surprising places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Lukach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059533136X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595331369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Jim Lukach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039762071807,"sku":"9780595331369","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33cc0215-4f74-4da0-900f-423b790dd495.jpg?v=1752752487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lost-inside-the-happy-noise-jim-lukach-9780595331369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}