{"product_id":"the-spark-and-fire-of-gary-soto-9781622881727","title":"The Spark and Fire of It","description":"Love is a good thing--so true in \u003ci\u003eThe Spark and Fire of It\u003c\/i\u003e, this classic one-act romance: two young people smitten to the point of delirium and a gruff father who will have none of it. The father sees his daughter's suitor only as a penniless lad with nothing to offer. But the young woman's mother sees her own husband in the young man, remembering a time when he, too, was an empty-handed suitor. Add internal complications: the young women questions her own judgment, and the young man is tempted by a hooligan called Rascal. Then there is Old Gentleman, who, like a befuddled Socrates, understands this thing called love.\u003cbr\u003e The romance contains poems that begin with a line of Shakespeare that Soto artfully extends into his own original poetry. The dialogue is written in the vernacular of Elizabethan times--though occasionally it falls into contemporary street slang. The code switching reminds readers that love is a human experience that makes the young go crazy no matter the century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Soto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1622881729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781622881727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen F. Austin University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Gary Soto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939315777791,"sku":"9781622881727","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fe2a0e8a-c390-4a77-a0ea-2d0f5e676b06.jpg?v=1681440778","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spark-and-fire-of-gary-soto-9781622881727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}