{"product_id":"socialist-realism","title":"Socialist Realism","description":"\u003cb\u003eMoving West—from Singapore to America, from New York to California—a woman examines the myth of “finding home” even as she comes to terms with its impossibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?","brand":"Coffee House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32145284137043,"sku":"9781566895514","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781566895514_d867b0b3-3324-4c6e-963f-37afb1a86d10.jpg?v=1765288815","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/socialist-realism","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}