{"product_id":"notes-from-the-middle-world-9781931859912","title":"Notes from the Middle World","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Breyten Breytenbach's \u003ci\u003eReturn to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This wonderful book . . . is written with a wild heart and an unrelenting eye, and is fueled by the sort of rage that produces great literature.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the place of the artist and writer in a globalized world? In dialogue with the voices of the dead and the living--Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama-- internationally distinguished South African artist, activist, and writer Breyten Breytenbach's new collection of essays traces the collisions between utopia and disaster, political trauma, and the renewal of hope. \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Middle World\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and heartwrenching book. These essays include a glimpse of a buried language created in the Hunan province by and for women, an open letter to Nelson Mandela reflecting on the perilous state of post-apartheid South Africa, and existential and linguistic explorations. Against the conformity of power, Breytenbach takes readers on a journey through the \"Middle World,\" an imagined space beyond borders and exile, toward an embracing vision of justice for the \"un-citizens\" post-modernity has dispossessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of South Africa, \u003cb\u003eBreyten Breytenbach\u003c\/b\u003e is a distinguished painter, activist, and prolific writer. His most recent writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1975-1982, he was a political prisoner serving solitary confinement in South African prisons. Today, Breytenbach is a Global Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-42020\"\u003eBreyten Breytenbach\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931859912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1931859914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL032000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA native of South Africa, Breyten Breytenbach is a distinguished painter, activist and prolific writer. He has authored numerous novels, short story compilations, essays and dramatic works. From 1975- 1982, he was a political prisoner serving two terms of solitary confinement in South African prisons. Today Professor Breytenbach is a Global Distinguished Professor of creative writing at New York University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44575236653293,"sku":"9781931859912","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a0e87d9e-694d-426f-a0b0-2d1549d152c1.jpg?v=1701994863","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/notes-from-the-middle-world-9781931859912","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}