{"product_id":"9781890650995","title":"Contraband of Hoopoe","description":"\u003cp\u003eContraband of Hoopoe explores issues of dislocation, immigration and desire. Chrusciel invents a poetics of smuggling as she crosses national, historical and linguistic borders. The migratory narrative is distinctly errant, haunted by a childhood lived under a Communist regime, by the austerity of Eastern block politics, and by the possibility of discovering a fleeting language to carry the seeds of illicit revelation, spiritual transformation, and insight. The book elevates smuggling to a noble art, recording how the Jewish people were hidden and transported during the Holocaust. Chrusciel tracks a series of historical objects and secret messages that immigrants throughout history have been sneaking through customs, past border checkpoints, and across the seas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnidawn Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019247468784,"sku":"9781890650995","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781890650995_p0.jpg?v=1763608383","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781890650995","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}