{"product_id":"out-of-the-sugar-factory-9781949641400","title":"Out of the Sugar Factory","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eElmiger’s breakout novel is a staring contest with History: an effort to map the resonances and frictions introduced to the world by the sugar industry. But can any writing project contain such devastation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe narrator of \u003ci\u003eOut of the Sugar Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, Dorothee Elmiger, is a writer and archivist—and possibly a hoarder—of objects and stories that speak to the profound impact of the sugar industry on the world. Seated in the room where her vast collection sprawls across the floor, she obsessively connects a violent global industry to our unsettled present and her own desires. Elmiger’s deeply researched and innovative novel brings together \u003cspan\u003esubjects as varied as Karl Marx, Chantal Akerman, the Haitian Revolution, and the institutionalization of Ellen West to uncover the vast network \u003c\/span\u003eof entrenched relationships lurking just below the surface. \u003ci\u003eOut of the Sugar Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, in Megan Ewing’s matchless translation from German,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a prismatic account of a writer’s overwhelming need to tell a story that is true, to follow the sugar wherever it may lead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dorothee Elmiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42959937831030,"sku":"9781949641400","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/out-of-the-sugar-factory-9781949641400","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}