{"product_id":"socialist-realism","title":"Socialist Realism","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive “somewhere better”—someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America’s casual racism, sexism, and homophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one’s life comes to the fore—sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won’t find. Attempting to reconcile her desires with her radical politics, she asks: do our quests to fulfill our deepest wishes propel us forward, or keep us trapped in the rubble of our deteriorating world?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358004355412,"sku":"A8B-33579","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/socialist-realism","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}