{"product_id":"2940152493740","title":"The Soft Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the publication of his debut novel, The Soft Exile, writer\/musician Eric Kiefer ended a five-year, 12,000 mile exodus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fictional memoir draws heavily from his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. During this time, Kiefer gathered the raw material and life experiences that would later become The Soft Exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book chronicles an idealistic, young American’s decision to join the Peace Corps after an aborted suicide attempt. He spends two years as a TEFL volunteer in the fabled lands of the Mongolian desert-steppe, searching for redemption and an alternative to modern American life. Along the way, he constructs a low-powered radio station and tries his best to go native, all the while lusting for an answer to a question that will either doom or save everything… “What is the value of a good deed?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Word for word, it’s not exactly what happened to me out there,” Kiefer said of Soft Exile. “But it’s about as close as you can get without becoming a confession. It’s a novel for the expatriates within us all.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Kiefer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110551470320,"sku":"2940152493740","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152493740_p0.jpg?v=1764021893","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152493740","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}