{"product_id":"shoes-and-other-stories-robert-herrmann-9781647184391","title":"Shoes and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Shoes and Other Stories\" is a collection - a novella and six short stories: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Madeleine\" follows a young man's growing infatuation of a woman who sits next to him in the theater. Each encounter inspires him farther on an eye-opening artistic journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Neglect\" is an expressionistic look at obsession, the disintegration of dreams and the downward spiral of a marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Wind Change\" An elderly artist in mourning, retraces the happiness of an earlier period as he wanders familar lakes and mountains of the Adirondacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zigzag\" An old ragged stranger wanders by a village wineshop and engages the struggling proprietor in a tale - a long ago amorous adventure in a foreign land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Blanket\" A man's determination to carry out a promise - transporting his brother's ashes on a voyage under sail, with his two nephews, to a final, sacred resting place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Out of Season\" Four co-workers on a deer hunting weekend in the Adirondacks. The weather is unseasonly warm and rainy, creating boredom and frustration; one member commits a betrayal and suffers a bizarre injury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shoes\" A novella from two points of view. The life of a village drunk through the eyes of a recovered alcoholic. The story starts in the mid-sixties and follows them into the eighties - explores the social turbulence of the times and the conflict of values based on individual and cultural perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Herrmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647184398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647184391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Booklocker.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Robert Herrmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942938935551,"sku":"9781647184391","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1030e96e-e02b-44d6-898f-f12bd6977d2f.jpg?v=1681495280","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shoes-and-other-stories-robert-herrmann-9781647184391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}