{"product_id":"call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-9780803225336","title":"Call Me Ahab: A Short Story Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a Hollywood encounter between Helen Keller and Frida Kahlo, \"two female icons of disability.\" Or the story of \"Moby Dick, or, The Leg,\" told from Ahab's perspective. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? Or if the dwarf pictured in a seventeenth-century painting by Velazquez should tell her story? And, finally, imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the characters who people history and myth as counterpoints to the \"normal.\" And they are also the characters who populate Anne Finger's remarkable short stories. Affecting but never sentimental, ironic but never cynical, these wonderfully rich and comic tales reimagine life beyond the margins of \"normality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Finger has taught creative writing at Wayne State University in Detroit and at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eBone Truth: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBasic Skills: A Short Story Collection\u003c\/em\u003e; and the memoir \u003cem\u003eElegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Finger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.58w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803225336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2009 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2009 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Finger has taught creative writing at Wayne State University in Detroit and at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eBone Truth: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBasic Skills: A Short Story Collection\u003c\/i\u003e; and the memoir \u003ci\u003eElegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40265594699891,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8f4798fb-7ca7-48e0-9f21-f84166e285a7.jpg?v=1657721403","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-9780803225336","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}