{"product_id":"9781644699980","title":"Immigrant Baggage","description":"Author: Maxim D. Shrayer\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781644699980\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Academic Studies Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Aug 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 150 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of 12 of the Best Jewish Books of the Year by the\u003ci\u003eJewish Telegraph Agency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Jewish Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 International Book Awards Finalist in the Humor\/Comedy\/Satire Category\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a bilingual master of the literary memoir comes this movingand humorous story of losing immigrant baggage and trying to reclaim it for hisAmerican future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this poignantliterary memoir, internationally acclaimed author and Boston College professorMaxim D. Shrayer (\u003ci\u003eWaiting for America\u003c\/i\u003e) explores both material andimmaterial aspects of immigrant baggage. Through a combination of dispassionatereportage, gentle irony, and confessional remembrance, Shrayer writes about traversingthe borders and boundaries of the three cultures that have nourishedhim-Russian, Jewish, and American. The spirit of nonconformism and the power oflaughter come to the rescue of Shrayer's autobiographical protagonist when hefaces existential calamities and life's misadventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aftermathof a dangerous ski accident in Italy reminds the memoirist of history's blackholes. A haunting, Soviet-era theatrical affair pushes the emigre protagonistto the brink of a disaster in a provincial Russian town. Attempting to collect overdueroyalties from a Moscow publisher, the expatriate writer tips his hat to Kafka.The book's six interconnected tales are held together by the memorist'simperative to make the ordinary absurd and the absurd-ordinary. Shrayer parsesa translingual literary life filled with travel, politics, and discovery-andsustained by family love and faith in art's transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47922828542110,"sku":"ING-9781644699980","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781644699980.jpg?v=1782891851","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781644699980","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}