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      Far Afield

      by Susanna Kaysen
      Published
      Oct 1990
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      338
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      A compulsively readable novel of enormous charm swimming in the cuisine and culture of the Faroe Islands from the author of Girl, Interrupted.

      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 Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion.

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      General Fiction

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      Small Town

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      First Edition Oct 1990 Vintage ISBN 0394758226
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      Apr 1994 Vintage ISBN 0679753761
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