{"product_id":"9781917126007","title":"My Dream Job by Pasaribu, Norman Erikson","description":"Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003ePoetry\u003cbr\u003e9781917126007\u003cbr\u003emy life is the afterlifeFrom the author of Happy Stories, Mostly and Sergius Seeks Bacchus. Their first work originally written in English.   My Dream Job is a tender playground of intellect and wit where entire worlds collide: the English and Toba Batak languages; Christian and Batak mythology; colonial violence past and present. In a voice playful, daring and not pursuing legibility above all else, Pasaribu writes the ultimate eulogy for a postcolonial dream.   ‘Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s collection inverts then rotates the condition of memory to emanate carefree, surreal logics.’ —Bhanu Kapil‘This is a book which simmers with a defiant rage, all the while offering the reader palpable moments of tenderness, or something akin to hope.’ —Mary Jean Chan, author of Flèche\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The Book Elephant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50734580236621,"sku":"9781917126007","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/0808\/6605\/files\/9781917126007.jpg?v=1734635814","url":"https:\/\/thebookelephant.co.uk\/products\/9781917126007","provider":"The Book Elephant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}