{"product_id":"other-places-other-times-robert-wexelblatt-9781949790764","title":"Other Places, Other Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOther Places, Other Times\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of historical fictions. Half are set in Sui China, half in a variety of times and locations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOther Places, Other Times\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of twenty-six historical fictions. Thirteen of the stories are about Chen Hsi-wei, an imaginary peasant\/poet of the Sui period, circa 600 C.E.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Hsi-wei served the emperor on a perilous mission. He turned down the offer of material rewards in favor of an education which made him a poet. Hsi-wei travels the empire making straw sandals and verses. The narratives account for Hsi-wei's poems, which are also included. The other thirteen stories are set in various times and locations, from post-war England to Renaissance Italy, Paris in the Fifties to post-war Germany, South America in the sixteenth century to Hesse in the mid-nineteenth, Ruthenia in the seventeenth, and the American West after the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction. Historical Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Wexelblatt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949790762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949790764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pelekinesis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d","brand":"Robert Wexelblatt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072350449919,"sku":"9781949790764","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7d97468-7a09-4261-a862-f731cf1dd63a.jpg?v=1685441434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/other-places-other-times-robert-wexelblatt-9781949790764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}