{"product_id":"the-stalker-anchalee-viva-9781942307648","title":"The Stalker","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnchalee Viva's work offers a chilling and thought-provoking glimpse into what appears to be a supernatural horror narrative. The dialogue between the narrator and the mysterious \"Stalker\" reveals an unsettling premise: an entity that sustains itself by consuming human emotions, particularly negative ones like lust, hatred, wrath, and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing employs effective use of italics to emphasize key emotional concepts, creating a visual rhythm that mirrors the predatory nature of the its conversations. The clinical way the Stalker describes humans as mere food sources is particularly disturbing, drawing parallels to human consumption patterns while establishing an alien perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this book so compelling is how it transforms abstract emotions into tangible sustenance. The narrator's blank expressions and blunt questions provide an interesting counterpoint to the Stalker's increasingly insidious revelations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel succeeds in creating an uncomfortable realization for both the narrator and reader: that human suffering might not be random but might instead be serving as nourishment for entities beyond our perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story explores themes of emotional parasitism, the nature of suffering, and possibly the symbiotic yet predatory relationship between humans and supernatural entities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnchalee Viva\u003c\/strong\u003e received the \u003cem\u003eSoutheast \u003c\/em\u003eAsian \u003cem\u003eWrite Award \u003c\/em\u003ein 1990 and the \u003cem\u003eChommanard Book Prize Lifetime Achievement Award \u003c\/em\u003ein 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong her other published works are the novels \u003cem\u003eTill the Last Breath \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Dream \u003c\/em\u003eand three short story collections: \u003cem\u003eWhispers from the Other World, The Dream Digger, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Message in the Box.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe now lives in San Diego, California, and writes for \u003cem\u003eElite Plus Magazine, \u003c\/em\u003ean English language magazine in Bangkok, Thailand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchalee Viva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942307640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942307648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Literal Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.15d","brand":"Anchalee Viva","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442695909631,"sku":"9781942307648","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6826e728-8615-4f67-976a-98679428f20a.jpg?v=1777199143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stalker-anchalee-viva-9781942307648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}