Far Afield
Jonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone "study," the culture he encounters. From his struggles with the local cuisine to his...
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Jonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone "study," the culture he encounters. From his struggles with the local cuisine to his affair with the Danish woman the locals want him to marry, Jonathan is both repelled by and drawn into the Faroese way of life. Wry and insightful, Far Afield reveals reveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679753766 (0679753761)
Publish date: April 19th 1994
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Sussanna Kaysen's "Far Afield" is a book filled with lovely prose and great characterization. It isn't a plot driven novel, but it makes me smile to know the level of detail taken into one character's psych. It is enormously satisfying in the end, and a lot of beautifully detailed passages. Highly r...
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