{"product_id":"ice-1","title":"Ice","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIce\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSonallah Ibrahim\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780857426505\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSeagull Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe year is 1973. An Egyptian historian, Dr. Shukri, pursues a year of non-degree graduate studies in Moscow, the presumed heart of the socialist utopia. Through his eyes, the reader receives a guided tour of the sordid stagnation of Brezhnev-era Soviet life: intra-Soviet ethnic tensions; Russian retirees unable to afford a tin of meat; a trio of drunks splitting a bottle of vodka on the sidewalk; a Kirgiz roommate who brings his Russian girlfriend to live in his four-person dormitory room; black-marketeering Arab embassy officials; liberated but insecure Russian women; and Arab students' debates about the geographically distant October 1973 War. Shukri records all this in the same numbly factual style familiar to fans of Sonallah Ibrahim's \u003ci\u003eThat Smell\u003c\/i\u003e, punctuating it with the only redeeming sources of beauty available: classical music LPs, newly acquired Russian vocabulary, achingly beautiful women, and strong Georgian tea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on Ibrahim's own experience studying at the All-Russian Institute of Cinematography in Moscow from 1971 to 1973, \u003ci\u003eIce \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a powerful exploration of Arab confusion, Soviet dysfunction, and the fragility of leftist revolutionary ideals. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Ice | Sonallah Ibrahim | Hardcover | 9780857426505 | New | Fiction 1704758","offer_id":50833160339714,"sku":"1704758","price":33.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71P5KrNPvFL.jpg?v=1792609845","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/ice-1","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}