{"product_id":"the-world-between-two-covers-ann-morgan-9781631490675","title":"The World Between Two Covers: Reading the Globe","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnn Morgan writes in the opening of this delightful book, \"I glanced up at my bookshelves, the proud record of more than twenty years of reading, and found a host of English and North American greats starting down at me...I had barely touched a work by a foreign language author in years...The awful truth dawned. I was a literary xenophobe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrompted to read a book translated into English from each of the world's 195 UN-recognized countries (plus Taiwan and one extra), Ann sought out classics, folktales, current favorites and commercial triumphs, novels, short stories, memoirs, and countless mixtures of all these things. The world between two covers, the world to which Ann introduces us with affection and no small measure of wit, is a world rich in the kind of narratives that engage us passionately: we meet an irreverent junk food-obsessed heroine in Kuwait, an explorer from Togo who spent years among the Inuit in Greenland, and a former child circus performer of Roma background seeking sanctuary in Switzerland. Ann's quest explores issues that affect us all: personal, political, national, and global. What is cultural heritage? How do we define national identity? Is it possible to overcome censorship and propaganda? And, above all, why and how should we read from other cultures, languages, and traditions? Illuminating and inspiring, \u003cem\u003eThe World Between Two Covers\u003c\/em\u003e welcomes us into the global community of stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631490672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631490675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2015 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/23\/2015 pg. 38","brand":"Ann Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989417754879,"sku":"9781631490675","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_652b6c68-27c1-4b97-91e1-8f737a29e7da.jpg?v=1683299382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-between-two-covers-ann-morgan-9781631490675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}