{"product_id":"wide-open-eyes-paul-kirk-haeder-9781671384682","title":"Wide Open Eyes: Surfacing from Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBLACK AND WHITE VERSION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Cirque Press, \u003ci\u003eWide Open Eyes: Surfacing from Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e a collection of braided tales by Paul Haeder (fiction). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat radiates from every page of Paul Haeder's \u003ci\u003eWide Open Eyes - Surfacing from Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e is a journeyman's gift for showing the ties that bind ordinary people to their own crystallized struggle with \"their Vietnam War baggage.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 17 fictional stories confront estrangement war veterans and their families have dredged through lives which are heroic because they all are survivors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a collection of stirring interlinked stories of reclamation from the perspective of the walking wounded. The characters are colorful inside Haeder's cauldron of quirky visceral story-telling. Lost souls are deftly moved from plot to plot as this writer shows a wizard's sense of life's absurdity. There is sinew and heart sculpted into myriad of protagonists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--- Ordinary people are scrawled into this atmospheric collection, yet Haeder seeks to explore the devastation of heartache by deploying black humor and leafy poignancy. From an old Army colonel lamenting rotting teeth getting yanked, to a hard-boiled street person humping it in the West flailing at his own demons from America's War with Vietnam, this is funny, stirring stuff from a talented writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--- Coupled with his imaginative story-telling and eye-watering vernacular, this collection comes with arresting photographs anchoring each story. Eighteen photographs are an added creative touch to his fiction. The writer was in Vietnam - after the war - as his preface sets the stage for the first casualties of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Stories: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From a lonely bookseller in Albuquerque to a street vagabond in Tucson, these are people most readers pass over in their lives. As readers of this collection, if we keep our eyes open and ears tuned, Haeder shows us vibrancy in people struggling. The author pins a lot of these stories on the theme 'surfacing from Vietnam, ' but the reality is we as readers are forced to dive deep into the author's realm of sometimes twisted characters and unforgiving plots.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- Rick DeMarinis (1995), Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Zinc Penny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mortician's Apprentice\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCIRQUE - A Literary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstablished 2009\u003cbr\u003eSandra Kleven Michael Burwell, publishers\/editors\u003cbr\u003eCIRQUE PRESS3978 DEFIANCE STREET\u003cbr\u003eANCHORAGE, AK 99504907 764-1945\u003cbr\u003eDirect correspondence to: cirquejournal@gmail.com\u003cbr\u003eSend submissions to: Cirque Submissions\u003cbr\u003eLike Cirque on Facebook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Kirk Haeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1671384687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781671384682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Paul Kirk Haeder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634668007679,"sku":"9781671384682","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eac82558-c43a-4752-bbc5-54e159fdb722.jpg?v=1703590323","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wide-open-eyes-paul-kirk-haeder-9781671384682","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}