{"product_id":"9781905422906","title":"Conversations with My Father, Adonis","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist meets writer; young woman meets older man; daughter meets father.  All these encounters are played out in the arresting conversations between the artist Ninar Esper (b. 1971) and the father she hardly knew, the Syrian-Lebanese poet Adonis (b. 1930).  Esber passionately challenges Adonis on subjects ranging from fundamentalism to animal rights, from feminism to aesthetics; Adonis responds with amusement and judicious wisdom, not concealing the contradictions of a patriarchal humanist libertarian.  On Esber's side, the poignancy of growing up without a father becomes a drama with Oedipal overtones.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis intensely personal two-hander is at the same time representative of many contemporary displacements.  Comparing their experiences of war, exile and cultural rootlessness, two individuals differently marked by Middle Eastern history seek a common ground in Paris.  An intimate, uncensored, ultimately unresolved search for communication and forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050814062832,"sku":"9781905422906","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781905422906_p0.jpg?v=1763615617","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781905422906","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}