{"product_id":"son-of-elsewhere-book-elamin-abdelmahmoud-9780593496855","title":"Son of Elsewhere","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * A \"funny and frank\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges--and rewards--of finding one's way in the world, from a \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e editor and podcast host.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A memoir that is immense in its desire to give . . . a rich offering of image, of music, of place.\"--Hanif Abdurraqib, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At twelve years old, Elamin Abdelmahmoud emigrates with his family from his native Sudan to Kingston, Ontario, arguably one of the most homogenous cities in North America. At the airport, he's handed his Blackness like a passport, and realizes that he needs to learn what this identity means in a new country. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Like all teens, Abdelmahmoud spent his adolescence trying to figure out who he was, but he had to do it while learning to balance a new racial identity and all the false assumptions that came with it. Abdelmahmoud learned to fit in, and eventually became \"every liberal white dad's favorite person in the room.\" But after many years spent trying on different personalities, he now must face the parts of himself he's kept suppressed all this time. He asks, \"What happens when those identities stage a jailbreak?\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his debut collection of essays, Abdelmahmoud gives full voice to each and every one of these conflicting selves. Whether reflecting on how \u003ci\u003eThe O.C.\u003c\/i\u003e taught him about falling in love, why watching wrestling allowed him to reinvent himself, or what it was like being a Muslim teen in the aftermath of 9\/11, Abdelmahmoud explores how our experiences and our environments help us in the continuing task of defining who we truly are. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With the perfect balance of relatable humor and intellectual ferocity, \u003ci\u003eSon of Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e confronts what we know about ourselves, and most important, what we're still learning.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50354217713937,"sku":"CIN059349685XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50963123503377,"sku":"CIN059349685XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53412127834385,"sku":"GOR014913727","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/059349685X.jpg?v=1750847345","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/son-of-elsewhere-buch-elamin-abdelmahmoud-9780593496855","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}