{"product_id":"book-hcd6","title":"Now \u0026 Then Redux","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs its title suggests, \u003cem\u003eNow \u0026amp; Then\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent plea to revisit the present in relation to the past-to bear in mind the admonition that \"The past is never dead. It's not even past\" (William Faulkner). Lurking behind the warning is a ponderous question that haunts this collection of stories and essays: Are we going to have to relive it all over again-the era of racial, ethnic, and national tensions that made the 1930s such a terrifying decade in the history of western societies? In two stories and two essays, Salah el Moncef conjures up a set of fearful symmetries between the flimsy diversity and globalism of \"Now,\" and the authoritarian, martial echoes of \"Then,\" a world long consigned to the ash heap of history-or so we think. Moncef's collection of stories and essays is a timely reminder that Now and Then are frightfully similar-a warning we would do well to heed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49415094272304,"sku":"BDhcd6","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hcd6-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773532726","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hcd6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}