{"product_id":"9780864929198","title":"Touch Anywhere to Begin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed author Mark Anthony Jarman comes \u003ci\u003eTouch Anywhere to Begin\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book of travel writing since the publication of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eIreland’s Eye\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 18 unusual, head-spinning essays, Jarman can drift through Venice amid the revelry of carnival and the arrival of the impending pandemic or visit a private club along Shanghai’s Huangpu River to be serenaded by a band of retired People’s Liberation Army singers. In “Panthers and Gods Prowl a Palace of Sin,” an invitation to the Kala Ghoda Festival in Mumbai forges a connection with a jetlagged pair of Arctic throat singers and a doctor fascinated by Canada. In “Jesus on the Mainline,” an extended hospitalization beside the intubated victim of a drunk-driving accident reveals a difficult family drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this, of course, is only the beginning. Masterfully written, \u003ci\u003eTouch Anywhere to Begin\u003c\/i\u003e penetrates the impressionistic moments and intimacies of travel to reveal character and place like none other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jarman, Mark Anthony","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Local)","offer_id":44047171682528,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f6619097-bfc9-4780-9ce2-29ee7199eb13.jpg?v=1686320772","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780864929198","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}