{"product_id":"revolutions-of-all-colors-hardcover","title":"Revolutions of All Colors - Hardcover","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\u003eDewaine Farria\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel Mathis, a twenty-three-year-old aspiring fantasy writer and reluctant Russophile, travels to Ukraine to teach English and meets the love of his life: an international arms dealer very much out of his league. Simon--a former Special Forces medic, torn over a warped sense of duty and a child he did not want--returns to the US to pursue his dream of becoming a mixed martial artist. After spending his adolescence defending his bisexuality, Michael makes his mark in New York's fashion industry while nursing resentment for a community that never accepted him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFarria traces the lives of brothers Michael and Gabriel and their friend Simon from adolescence to their mid-twenties, through Oklahoma, Afghanistan, New York, Somalia, Ukraine, and New Orleans.\u003ci\u003e Revolutions of All Colors\u003c\/i\u003e is a brash, funny, and honest look at the evolution of characters we don't often see--black nerds and veterans bucking their community's rigid parameters of permissible expression while reconciling love of their country with the injustice of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, this is a novel about the uniquely American dilemma of chiseling out an identity in a country still struggling to define itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDewaine Farria's\u003c\/b\u003e writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCRAFT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the \u003ci\u003eAfropunk\u003c\/i\u003e website. He is a coeditor at the \u003ci\u003eMaine Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds an MA in international and area studies from the University of Oklahoma and an MFA in creative writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. As a US Marine, Farria served in Jordan and Ukraine. Besides his stint in the military, Farria has spent most of his professional life working for the United Nations, with assignments in the Russian North Caucasus, Kenya, Somalia, and Occupied Palestine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52543529484595,"sku":"9780815611264","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QXpha3REU2MvcWUzbXM4UGQxS0wyUT09.webp?v=1760932685","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/revolutions-of-all-colors-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}