{"product_id":"here-comes-another-lesson-stephen-oconnor-9781439181997","title":"Here Comes Another Lesson: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN O'CONNOR IS ONE OF TODAY'S MOST GIFTED AND ORIGINAL WRITERS. \u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHere Comes Another Lesson, \u003c\/i\u003eO'Connor, whose stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Conjunctions, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other places, fearlessly depicts a world that no longer quite makes sense. Ranging from the wildly inventive to the vividly realistic, these brilliant stories offer tender portraits of idealists who cannot live according to their own ideals and of lovers baffled by the realities of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story lines are unforgettable: A son is followed home from work by his dead father. God instructs a professor of atheism to disseminate updated Commandments. The Minotaur is awakened to his own humanity by the computer-game-playing \"new girl\" who has been brought to him for supper. A recently returned veteran longs for the utterly ordinary life he led as a husband and father before being sent to Iraq. An ornithologist, forewarned by a cormorant of the exact minute of his death, struggles to remain alert to beauty and joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs playful as it is lyrical, \u003ci\u003eHere Comes Another Lesson \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates human hopefulness and laments a sane and gentle world that cannot exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439181993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439181997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2010 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 pg. 30","brand":"Stephen O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066168537343,"sku":"9781439181997","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3948b82c-1545-4e47-9a46-607af64028f3.jpg?v=1685405696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/here-comes-another-lesson-stephen-oconnor-9781439181997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}