{"product_id":"oranges-peanuts-for-sale-paperback","title":"Oranges \u0026 Peanuts for Sale - 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\u003eEliot Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the twenty-eight essays in \u003cem\u003eOranges \u0026amp; Peanuts for Sale\u003c\/em\u003e have appeared in translation in seventeen countries; some have never been published in English before. They include introductions for books of avant-garde poets; collaborations with visual artists, and articles for publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOctober\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One section focuses on writers and literary works: strange tales from classical and modern China; the Psalms in translation: a skeptical look at E. B. White's \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e. Another section is a continuation of Weinberger's celebrated political articles collected in \u003cem\u003eWhat Happened Here: Bush Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e (a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Award), including a sequel to \"What I Heard About Iraq,\" which the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e called the only antiwar \"classic\" of the Iraq War. A new installment of his magnificent linked \"serial essay,\" \u003cem\u003eAn Elemental Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, takes us on a journey down the Yangtze River during the Sung Dynasty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The reader will also find the unlikely convergences between Samuel Beckett and Octavio Paz, photography and anthropology, and, of course, oranges and peanuts, as well as an encomium for Obama, a manifesto on translation, a brief appearance by Shiva, and reflections on the color blue, death, exoticism, Susan Sontag, and the arts and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47330946384121,"sku":"9780811218344","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MngwSUN2ekdnWWVINmliMEtUNE9YZz09.webp?v=1769611044","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/oranges-peanuts-for-sale-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}