{"product_id":"9781644699980","title":"Immigrant Baggage","description":"\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 moving\nand humorous story of losing immigrant baggage and trying to reclaim it for his\nAmerican future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this poignant\nliterary memoir, internationally acclaimed author and Boston College professor\nMaxim D. Shrayer (\u003ci\u003eWaiting for America\u003c\/i\u003e) explores both material and\nimmaterial aspects of immigrant baggage. Through a combination of dispassionate\nreportage, gentle irony, and confessional remembrance, Shrayer writes about traversing\nthe borders and boundaries of the three cultures that have nourished\nhim—Russian, Jewish, and American. The spirit of nonconformism and the power of\nlaughter come to the rescue of Shrayer’s autobiographical protagonist when he\nfaces existential calamities and life’s misadventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The aftermath\nof a dangerous ski accident in Italy reminds the memoirist of history’s black\nholes. A haunting, Soviet-era theatrical affair pushes the émigré protagonist\nto the brink of a disaster in a provincial Russian town. Attempting to collect overdue\nroyalties from a Moscow publisher, the expatriate writer tips his hat to Kafka.\nThe book’s six interconnected tales are held together by the memorist’s\nimperative to make the ordinary absurd and the absurd—ordinary. Shrayer parses\na translingual literary life filled with travel, politics, and discovery—and\nsustained by family love and faith in art’s transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Orchard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65533734256989,"sku":null,"price":11.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781644699980","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}