Far Afield

Jacket Description/Back: Jonathan Bran, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone 'study, ' the culture he encounters. From his struggles with the local cuisine to his affair with the Danish woman the locals want him to marry, Jonathan is both repelled by and drawn into the Faroese way of life. Biographical Note: Susanna Kaysen is also the author of Girl, Interrupted and Asa, As I Knew Him. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Review Quotes: "Brilliant . . . a novel distinguished for [its] intelligence, psychological insight, and splendid writing." --"The Atlantic""Enthralling . . . at times supernaturally beautiful. A gritty, intellectual, emotionally complex and astute account of an outsider succumbing to the hidden charms of a remote and peculiar island community." --"Cleveland Plain Dealer""Kaysen softly moves the story forward, chronicling personal change with deft touches of insight and with detail of island life so rich that it seems she had spent a year there herself." --"Chicago Sun-Times""Witty, intelligent. . . . An inspired novel about the human condition and the nature of civilization. One of the best novels . . . in some time." --"Boston Magazine" Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 08/31/1990 (EAN 9780394758220, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Kaysen, Susanna Susanna Kaysen is the nationally bestselling author of the novels "Asa, As I Knew Him" and "Far Afield" and the memoirs "Girl, Interrupted" and "The Camera My Mother Gave Me". She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.