{"product_id":"2940171933180","title":"Fisherman's Blues: A West African Community at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate account of life in a West African fishing village, tugged by currents ancient and modern, and dependent on an ocean that is being radically transformed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sea is broken, fishermen say. The sea is empty. The genii have taken the fish elsewhere.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, fishermen have launched their pirogues from the Senegalese port of Joal, where the fish used to be so plentiful a man could dip his hand into the grey-green ocean and pull one out as big as his thigh. But in an Atlantic decimated by overfishing and climate change, the fish are harder and harder to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, Badkhen discovers, all boundaries are permeableamp;mdash;between land and sea, between myth and truth, even between storyteller and story. \u003ci\u003eFisherman's Blues\u003c\/i\u003e immerses us in a community navigating a time of unprecedented environmental, economic, and cultural upheaval with resilience, ingenuity, and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162478428400,"sku":"2940171933180","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171933180_p0.jpg?v=1763749360","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171933180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}