{"product_id":"a-father-is-born","title":"A Father Is Born","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781960385413\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009 Alfaguara Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy, imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations: being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. A situation further complicated when the child begins speaking and articulating his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Father Is Born\u003c\/i\u003eis a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that redefines traditionally attributed roles, \u003ci\u003eA Father Is Born\u003c\/i\u003eaccepts Anne Waldman's invitation:'Tell the man to give up tumult for the while \/ To wonder at the sight of baby's beauty.'But it is also, and above all, a love statement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41506914140293,"sku":"PR402418","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/9781960385413.original_TNXPXU9DVFGF.jpg?v=1769646250","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/a-father-is-born","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}