{"product_id":"such-good-work-paperback","title":"Such Good Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohannes Lichtman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Johannes Lichtman comes a wisely comic debut novel \u003cb\u003eabout a teacher whose efforts to stay sober land him in Sweden, but the refugee crisis forces a very different kind of reckoning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou don't have to be perfect to do good... \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonas Anderson wants a fresh start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe's made plenty of bad decisions in his life, and at age twenty-eight he's been fired from yet another teaching position after assigning homework like, \u003ci\u003eAttend a stranger's funeral and write about it\u003c\/i\u003e. But, he's sure a move to Sweden, the country of his mother's birth, will be just the thing to kick-start a new and improved--and newly sober--Jonas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he arrives in Malmo in 2015, the city is struggling with the influx of tens of thousands of Middle Eastern refugees. Driven by an existential need to \"do good,\" Jonas begins volunteering with an organization that teaches Swedish to young migrants. The connections he makes there, and one student in particular, might send him down the right path toward fulfillment--if he could just get out of his own way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSuch Good Work \u003c\/i\u003eis, indeed, a bit Jonas-like: it's wary of affectation or grandstanding; it works small, as if from a sense of modesty, a reluctance to presume; it cuts sincerity with the driest of humor\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e). In his debut, Lichtman, \"a remarkable thinker and social satirist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), spins a darkly comic story, brought to life with wry observations and searing questions about our modern world, and told with equal measures of grace and wit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohannes Lichtman's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eSuch Good Work\u003c\/i\u003e, was chosen as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693313626175,"sku":"9781501195662","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8b6680a82184e4dd81843b7389aa1c1e.webp?v=1764998521","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/such-good-work-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}