{"product_id":"notes-on-a-foreign-country-an-american-abroad-in-a-post-american-world-paperback","title":"Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzy Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Overseas Press Club of America's Cornelius Ryan Award\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deeply honest and brave portrait of of an individual sensibility reckoning with her country's violent role in the world. \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHisham Matar, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of the September 11 attacks and the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Suzy Hansen, who grew up in an insular conservative town in New Jersey, was enjoying early success as a journalist for a high-profile New York newspaper. Increasingly, though, the disconnect between the chaos of world events and the response at home took on pressing urgency for her. Seeking to understand the Muslim world that had been reduced to scaremongering headlines, she moved to Istanbul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHansen arrived in Istanbul with romantic ideas about a mythical city perched between East and West, and with a na ve sense of the Islamic world beyond. Over the course of her many years of living in Turkey and traveling in Greece, Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, she learned a great deal about these countries and their cultures and histories and politics. But the greatest, most unsettling surprise would be what she learned about her own country--and herself, an American abroad in the era of American decline. It would take leaving her home to discover what she came to think of as the two Americas: the country and its people, and the experience of American power around the world. She came to understand that anti-Americanism is not a violent pathology. It is, Hansen writes, \"a broken heart . . . A one-hundred-year-old relationship.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending memoir, journalism, and history, and deeply attuned to the voices of those she met on her travels, \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving reflection on America's place in the world. It is a powerful journey of self-discovery and revelation--a profound reckoning with what it means to be American in a moment of grave national and global turmoil.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzy Hansen \u003c\/b\u003eis contributing writer to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand has written for many other publications. In 2007, she was awarded a fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to do research in Turkey. She currently lives in Istanbul. \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335840194662,"sku":"9780374537838","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Z2Y5ZnlYTjFDbG9PSjd0VnEwKzdFUT09.webp?v=1774593996","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/notes-on-a-foreign-country-an-american-abroad-in-a-post-american-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}