{"product_id":"history-of-a-lonely-short-story-paperback","title":"History of a Lonely Short Story - 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\u003ePjotr Smaad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eQuality Publishers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eOsbourne Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Description\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory of a Lonely Short Story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld Book Day, limited edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory of a Lonely Short Story is the first title in the Quality Publishers trilogy, In the City-State of Books, a Short Story sets out on a quest to become meaningful. Along the way he encounters Galley Proofs, Elegies, a lying Myth Book, a Bible under padlock, and the shadowy Green Book who holds the stolen Incidents of an entire literary underclass. Part allegorical novel, part metafictional odyssey, History of a Lonely Short Story is a work ten years in the making - illustrated throughout in the tradition of Gustave Doré, and written with the wit and melancholy of a form that knows its own limitations better than any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwift meets the Coen Brothers. An Allegory about Inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory of a Lonely Short Story is the first title in the Quality Publishers trilogy, alongside Interview met AI Albert and Short Fuse by Huis in 't Veld - three works that together mark the debut of an independent English-language voice from the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7 x 4.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53403782545715,"sku":"9781919475448","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/btjzm0uS_M9781919475448.webp?v=1779919655","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/history-of-a-lonely-short-story-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}