{"product_id":"life-before-dolphins","title":"Life Before Dolphins","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNovel by Kirmen Uribe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJanuary 26, 2027 • 5.5 x 8 • 228 Pages • 978-1-56689-773-0\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hybrid and moving novel mixing history, memoir, and fiction that speaks to universal themes of family, immigration, and history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAwarded a fellowship at the New York Public Library, our narrator, Uribe, reflects on his life as an antimilitarist in the Basque Country, while researching the Hungarian activist and pacifist Rosika Schwimmer. As Uribe uncovers Rosika’s purpose in World War I, he struggles to understand his own ambitions as a migrant in a new country. The narrative weaves myth, personal history, and the forgotten story of a stateless feminist into a meditation on crossing borders—geographical, emotional, and historical. Formally bold, the novel blends an unfinished manuscript, a pandemic letter, and even a TikTok video, speaking to a moment when questions of migration, gender equality, and historical memory feel increasingly urgent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-dd921573-7fff-6e42-6f2e-36fbd08c2c1c\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvocative and genre-blurring, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife Before Dolphins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an elegy for lost voices and a celebration of resilience, imagination, and the secret language of those who choose to live softly in a hard world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49287765459186,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/files\/LIFEBEFORE_FinalCover.jpg?v=1779897900","url":"https:\/\/coffeehousepress.org\/products\/life-before-dolphins","provider":"Coffee House Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}