Notes on a Foreign Country
An American Abroad in a Post-American World
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2018
Summary
‘A deeply honest and brave portrait of an individual sensibility reckoning with her country’s violent role in the world.’ - Hisham Matar, New York Times Book Review
In the wake of the 11th September attacks and the US-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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472153890 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472153898 |
| Author: | Suzy Hansen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 145mm x 224mm x 26mm |
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Deeply honest and brave … A sincere and intelligent act of self-questioning … Hansen is doing something both rare and necessary
Deeply honest and brave … A sincere and intelligent act of self-questioning … Hansen is doing something both rare and necessary - Hisham Matar, The New York Times Book Review (cover)
Ardent, often lovely … If Noam Chomsky could write like this, Hansen’s work would already be done. - Karl Vick, TIMEHansen turns a coming-of-age travelogue into a geopolitical memoir of sorts, without sacrificing personal urgency in the process … Her long stay in Istanbul (she’s still there) gives her an outsider’s vantage on myopic American arrogance that is bracing. And her fascinating insider’s view of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise upends Western simplicities … The experience is contagious. - Ann Hulbert, The AtlanticCompelling … [Hansen] vividly captures the disorientation we experience when our preconceived notions collide with uncomfortable discoveries … Rare and refreshing … Hansen’s principal injunction to Americans to understand how others view them and their country’s policies is timely and urgent. - Ali Wyne, The Washington PostAbout The Author
Suzy Hansen
Suzy Hansen is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and 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. Notes on a Foreign Country is her first book.
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