{"product_id":"the-very-short-stories-of-paul-levine-9780595480623","title":"The Very Short Stories of a Much Longer Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twenty-five quickly read stories of this collection (fourteen of which were first published in literary journals and magazines) range from the surreal setting of a man trying to cope with apples falling in his house to the coming-of-age stories of a fifteen year old boy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is a mother who lives out her fantasy by pressuring her daughter to be a model; a man waiting to be fired for dropping a rolled up paper on his boss' face during a meeting; a fifty-six year old man who tries to justify being with a twenty-four year old woman; a teenage girl who struggles with her mother's fixation on animals; a man who is not able to move from the checker square he is stuck on; a man who is trying to figure out whether to continue his relationship with the woman he brought on a camping trip; a student caught between the two worlds of a graduate English class and thoughts about his infant son; a lonely man on Christmas Eve opening the gifts he bought for himself; and a young woman who suffers through her over-analyzing each gesture and remark made by her date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595480624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595480623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Paul Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435571261695,"sku":"9780595480623","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2841e68d-3c63-4842-a8c7-0181a46a7a65.jpg?v=1777151263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-very-short-stories-of-paul-levine-9780595480623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}