{"product_id":"9780312425227","title":"In Fond Remembrance of Me : A Memoir of Myth and Uncommon Friendship in the Arctic","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn Fond Remembrance of Me\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Howard Norman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1977, Howard Norman went to Churchill, Manitoba, to translate Inuit folktales, and there he met Helen Tanizaki, an extraordinary linguist translating the same tales into Japanese. \u003ci\u003eIn Fond Remembrance of Me\u003c\/i\u003e recaptures their intimacy, and the remarkable influence that she, and the tales themselves, would have on the future novelist. Through a series of overlapping panels of reality and memory, Norman evokes with vivid immediacy their brief but life-shifting encounter, and the earthy, robust Inuit folklore that occasioned it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wonderfully written.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Quietly powerful...[A] moving and haunting account of an uncommon friendship in the frozen north.” —\u003ci\u003eO magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The question of 'appropriation of voice,' the phenomenon of culture shock and even the basic function of narrative are among the subjects illuminated by this little book. . . . Very touching and human.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Norman's book offers a refreshing simplicity. A-” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is a lyrical tapestry . . . in which sadness and humor, quick wit, and long reflection are balanced.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Union (Albany)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312425227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660245086414,"sku":"9780312425227","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4465d971-c16e-4e4e-8ed1-2695343c89df.jpg?v=1639535426","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312425227","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}