{"product_id":"volchin-other-stories-clark-nida-9781898728443","title":"Volchin \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eVOLCHIN \u0026amp; OTHER STORIES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected short fiction by Ian Clark and Ian Clark writing as Clark Nida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinning the NUF Short Story Competition, Volchin was praised by Kingsley Amis for \"showing the true quality of the novelist--and short story writer: imagination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these stories, Nida takes us to the outer reaches of human experience, from prehistory to the distant future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man caught between the wolves who raised him and the medieval monks who tame him... an Egyptian scribe with a clerical error that spells doom... a wood spirit in a caravan... a tramp... a sage... a family of Martians...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns unsettling and moving, these are stories of acute existential struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduating from Keele University with a PhD in Pure Maths and a pocketful of prizes and commendations for short stories of an unsettling nature, Clark Nida's career went on to be nothing if not diverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has acted in pantomimes, engineered software, sold encyclopedias, been a mental health nurse, a police scientist and a senior academic. He has lived, worked and travelled widely overseas in Europe, Scandinavia, and the USA (which, as a resident alien living in five-star hotels, run-down motels and way-out alternative communities, he has seen more of than most Americans ever do).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe now lives in Whitby, on the brow of Yorkshire's Jurassic Coast, with a virtual cat, a pet geode and a 350-year-old ghost of himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clark Nida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1898728445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781898728443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Earthspot Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.48d","brand":"Clark Nida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486233964799,"sku":"9781898728443","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7eafcb78-ed15-4c73-a263-f7d0e8c4070f.jpg?v=1778054476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/volchin-other-stories-clark-nida-9781898728443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}