{"product_id":"falling-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Falling and Other Stories - Paperback","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\u003eBen Stoltzfus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaire Adler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnna Faktorovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Designed by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novella and six short fictions, is by turn mythic and realistic, moving\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eand wistful, innovative and traditional. It maps a wide geography of human emotions: lust, adventure, love, alienation, explicit violence and implicit passion. Ben Stoltzfus makes each character--a glamour girl, a scuba queen, a shaman, a mountain climber, a skier, a ball-court superstar, women in distress, even strangers--come vividly alive. In \"Falling\" you, the narrator, climb toward the summit with Juan, your friend, following flashbacks in the narrative trail. In \"The Bank\", \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea father and son come to terms with a lifetime of estrangement. In \"Glamour Girl\", a woman reminisces about her husbands, rich people, Joe Louis and happy days in the spotlight. In \"Scuba Queen\", \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etwo college friends, now in their thirties, dive for abalone in the kelp beds of the Pacific Ocean where their rivalry begets a dangerous and miraculous denoument. \"Masks and Bergamasks\" is a love monologue, a silent conversation between a teacher and a student during a lecture on French Symbolist poetry. In \"Samantha's Choice\", \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethree friends debate free will versus determinism, and are caught in an avalanche while skiing Mount Washington. In \"The Games of Chichén Itzà\", a shaman\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edreams Mayan life and ritual into a dramatic ball-court encounter between two teams; the play of the gods is re-enacted as struggle, blood-sacrifice and renewal. Subtly honed with hallmark precision and keen insight this wide-ranging collection exemplifies the best in narrative art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53744496017715,"sku":"9781681144542","price":35.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/iNg1OnFnzq9781681144542.webp?v=1785235069","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/falling-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}