{"product_id":"small-worlds-gail-vida-hamburg-9780979827518","title":"Small Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Expansive Stories On Small Canvases\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Small Worlds, Gail Vida Hamburg delivers a collection of flash fiction and microfiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat captures the messy, often absurd architecture of human lives-compressed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto moments of sharp beauty, sly humor, and unsettling truth.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom slow dances that never end, to customer service calls that turn into romances, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto rebellious seniors plotting a great escape, these stories chronicle the intimate and the epic in miniature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, love is both a balm and a weapon. Loneliness births imaginary friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeviants justify cruelty with high-minded philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the end, everyone is seeking-connection, redemption, or simply a way out.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith razor-sharp wit and unsparing insight, Small Worlds invites readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to peer into the condensed universes we each inhabit-worlds where longing, compulsion, invention, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand self-rationale collide.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's the sum of a life? A moment. A sentence. A breath.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of flash fiction and microfiction is a meditation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the art of compression and the expansive truths that reside in the smallest spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories as Mughal Miniature Art and Rice Grain Paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Vida Hamburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0979827515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979827518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mirare Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Gail Vida Hamburg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852608483583,"sku":"9780979827518","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-worlds-gail-vida-hamburg-9780979827518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}