Far Afield

Jonathan Brand, a graduate student in anthropology, has decided to do his fieldwork in the remote Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. But, despite his Harvard training, he can barely understand, let alone "study," the culture he encounters. From his struggles with the local cuisine to his affair with the Danish woman the locals want him to marry, Jonathan is both repelled by and drawn into the Faroese way of life. Wry and insightful,Far Afieldreveals reveals Susanna Kaysen's gifts of imagination, satire, and compassion.Susanna Kaysen is the author of 'Far Afield', published 1994 under ISBN 9780679753766 and ISBN 0679753761.