{"product_id":"sweet-and-sour-milk-nuruddin-farah-9781555971595","title":"Sweet and Sour Milk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1980 English-Speaking Union Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel in Farah's universally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, \u003ci\u003eSweet and Sour Milk\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles one man's search for the reasons behind his twin brother's violent death during the 1970s. The atmosphere of political tyranny and repression reduces our hero's quest to a passive and fatalistic level; his search for reasons and answers ultimately becomes a search for meaning. The often detective-story-like narrative of this novel thus moves on a primarily interior plane as \"Farah takes us deep into territory he has charted and mapped and made uniquely his own\" (Chinua Achebe).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nuruddin Farah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555971598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555971595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/1992","brand":"Nuruddin Farah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985124786431,"sku":"9781555971595","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37a23bd7-ba78-4ce1-b1a9-95b4bd5257df.jpg?v=1683275691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sweet-and-sour-milk-nuruddin-farah-9781555971595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}