{"product_id":"incognito-street-how-travel-made-me-a-writer-paperback","title":"Incognito Street: How Travel Made Me a Writer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Sjoholm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Sjoholm arrived in London in the winter of 1970 at the age of twenty. Like countless young Americans in that tumultuous time, she wanted to leave a country at war and explore Europe; a small inheritance from her grandmother gave her the opportunity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next three years, she lived in Barcelona, hitchhiked around Spain, and studied at the University of Granada. She managed a sourvenir shop in the Norwegian mountains and worked as a dishwasher on the Norwegian Coastal Steamer. Set on becoming a writer, she read everything from Colette to Dickens to Borges, changing her style and her subject every few weeks, and gradually found her voice. \u003ci\u003eIncognito Street\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a young woman's search for artistic, political, and sexual identity while digesting the changing world around her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she sheds the ghosts of her childhood, we come to know her quiet yet adventurous spirit. In moments that are tender, funny, bewildering, and suspenseful, we see an evocative look at Europe through the blossoming writer's maturing eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Sjoholm is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pirate Queen, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the PEN USA award in creative nonfiction. Her essays and travel journalism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Slate, Smithsonian, American Scholar, Antioch Review, Harvard Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. As Barbara Wilson, she is the author of the prize-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eBlue Windows, \u003c\/i\u003e and of numerous mysteries and other fiction, including \u003ci\u003eGaudi Afternoon, \u003c\/i\u003e which was made into a film, and won a British Crime Writers Award. She lives in Seattle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.16 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2006)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48109205782776,"sku":"9781580051729","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/YVROcnhaVnhBQVFrdkExSDdibnIzUT09.webp?v=1773683435","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/incognito-street-how-travel-made-me-a-writer-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}