{"product_id":"falling-and-other-stories-ben-stoltzfus-9781681144559","title":"Falling and Other Stories","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Stoltzfus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681144557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681144559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anaphora Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Ben Stoltzfus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48485828952319,"sku":"9781681144559","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10e3da6b-1e3e-475c-b24c-8f394b6567bd.jpg?v=1778051876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/falling-and-other-stories-ben-stoltzfus-9781681144559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}