{"product_id":"sweet-and-sour-milk-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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-544540\"\u003eNuruddin Farah\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555971595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555971598\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNuruddin Farah\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1945 in Baidoa, in what is now the Republic of Somalia. His \u003ci\u003eVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy consists of the novels \u003ci\u003eSweet and Sour Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSardines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClose Sesame\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include \u003ci\u003eFrom a Crooked Rib\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Naked Needle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1991, he received the Swedish Tucholsky Literary Award, given to literary exiles, and he was the recipient of the German DAAD fellowship in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44695651156205,"sku":"9781555971595","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6ab30b52-290d-47b0-ab94-d277e17f8a1d.jpg?v=1703787188","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sweet-and-sour-milk-9781555971595","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}