{"id":5,"date":"2020-08-12T11:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-01-26T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T10:31:10","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every month, starting with <em>Fugitive Pieces<\/em> in September 2020, we will add a book page. Each book page has a literary introduction to the book written by an international scholar, some information about the history the book reckons with, and some information about the human rights issues brought up. Just click on the titles to see more.<\/p>\n<p>You can use the links below to navigate around the page.\u00a0<strong>We will provide secondary pages with information on the books later on in the project as we approch their month\/event. As of now, books for September 2020 &#8211; August 2021 all have their own sections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#currentbooks\">Book of the Month <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#novdec\">December<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#decjan\">January<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#janfeb\">February<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#febmar\">March<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#marapr\">April<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#aprmay\">May<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"#mayjun\">June<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Books for September &#8211; October 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/fugitive_pieces.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/fugitive-pieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fugitive Pieces<\/em><\/a> (1996)<br \/>\nby Anne Michaels<br \/>\nwith Michael Richardson<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/the-underground-railroad\/\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-334\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/09\/9780708898406-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/09\/9780708898406-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/09\/9780708898406.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/the-underground-railroad\/\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">The Underground Railroad <\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(2016) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0by Colson Whitehead \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">with James Dawes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book for November 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/10\/Toni-Morrison.-Home-Jan.-2013-edition-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/10\/Toni-Morrison.-Home-Jan.-2013-edition-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/10\/Toni-Morrison.-Home-Jan.-2013-edition.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Home\u00a0<\/i>(2012)<\/a><br \/>\nby Toni Morrison<br \/>\nwith Maxine Montgomery<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/all_the_light.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/all-the-light-we-cannot-see\/\"><em>All the Light We Cannot See<\/em><\/a> (2014)<br \/>\nby Anthony Doerr<br \/>\nwith Irving Goh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"novdec\"><\/a><strong>Book for December 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/the_hungry_tide.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/the-hungry-tide\/\"><em>The Hungry Tide<\/em><\/a> (2005)<br \/>\nby Amitav Ghosh<br \/>\nwith Alexa Weik von Mossner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"currentbooks\"><\/a> <a name=\"decjan\"><\/a> <strong>Book for January 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/purple-hibiscus\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/purple_hibiscus.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/purple-hibiscus\/\"><em>Purple Hibiscus<\/em> (2003)<\/a><br \/>\nby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br \/>\nwith Aghogho Akpome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"janfeb\"><\/a><strong>Book for February 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/cassandra.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/cassandra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassandra (1983)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>by Christa Wolf<br \/>\nwith Mieke Bal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"febmar\"><\/a> <strong>Book for March 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/the_kindness_of_enemies.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/588-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindness of Enemies (2015)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>by Leila Aboulela<br \/>\nwith Yasmine Motawy<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"marapr\"><\/a> <strong>Book for April 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/parable_of_the_sower.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/parable-of-the-sower\/\">Parable of the Sower<\/a> (1993)<br \/>\n<\/em>by Octavia Butler<br \/>\nwith Stef Craps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"apr-may\"><\/a> <strong>Book for May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/the-surrendered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/the_surrendered.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/the-surrendered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Surrendered (2008)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>by Chang-rae Lee<br \/>\nwith James Dawes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"mayjun\"><\/a> <strong>Book for June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2020\/08\/burnt_shadows.png\" width=\"140\" height=\"214\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/burnt-shadows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Burnt Shadows<\/em><\/a> (2009)<br \/>\nby Kamila Shamsie<br \/>\nwith Greg Forter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book for July\u00a0 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-619\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/03\/Death-is-hard-work-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/03\/Death-is-hard-work-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/03\/Death-is-hard-work-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/03\/Death-is-hard-work.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/death-is-hard-work-2\/\"><em>Death is hard work<\/em> (2016)<\/a><br \/>\nby Khaled Khalifa<br \/>\nwith Brigitte Herremans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"mayjun\"><\/a> <strong>Book for August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/go-went-gone\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-556 \" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/01\/9780811225946-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/01\/9780811225946-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/456\/2021\/01\/9780811225946.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/go-went-gone\/\"><i>Go, Went, Gone\u00a0<\/i>(2015)<\/a><br \/>\nby Jenny Erpenbeck<br \/>\nwith Hanna Meretoja<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month, starting with Fugitive Pieces in September 2020, we will add a book page. Each book page has a literary introduction to the book written by an international scholar, some information about the history the book reckons with, and some information about the human rights issues brought up. Just click on the titles to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/readrespond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}