{"product_id":"this-place-that-place","title":"This Place That Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn impassioned and inventive debut novel about two people earnestly searching for a way to preserve their friendship across seemingly insurmountable political divides\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis PlaceThat Place\u003c\/i\u003e centers on two characters from opposing sides of an unnamed war. On the day of a family wedding, a stunning announcement dramatically shifts the relationship between This Place and That Place, sparking a government-imposed curfew that locks everyone inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly finding themselves sharing the same isolated space, the two grapple with unexplored attraction, their deep and abiding admiration for each other's work, and a bond they hope to save from being another casualty of war. Interwoven throughout are documents and past correspondence between the two laying out their history and how each sees in the other hope for mending the rift between This Place and That Place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis PlaceThat Place\u003c\/i\u003e is a dialogue-driven, evocative, and inventive debut that functions as an allegory for Kashmir\/India, Palestine\/Israel, or any instance of occupied and occupier.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBut more than that, it offers a new way to think about the intersection of the personal and the political, a new way to reconcile nationalism and activism, and a new way to talk about conflict and two-sidedness.","brand":"Nandita Dinesh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42974744183011,"sku":"9781612199498","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/products\/9781612199498-us.jpg?v=1655148011","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/this-place-that-place","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}