{"product_id":"call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-paperback-softback-9780803225336","title":"Call Me Ahab; A Short Story Collection (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803225336","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCall Me Ahab\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Short Story Collection\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnne Finger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803225336, University of Nebraska Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e206 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Anne Finger's award-winning \u003ci\u003eCall Me Ahab\u003c\/i\u003e showcases a plethora of historical and literary characters—each of whom is in some way disabled—and imagines new scenarios for their lives. . . . It is a cheering section for the forgotten and under-appreciated and a testament to creativity, whimsy, and intellect.\"—Eleanor J. Bader, \u003ci\u003eFeminist Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"In this marvelously original collection, Finger explores the nature and function of legendary outcasts, from Goliath, initially ridiculed for his giantism before he became a savior of the Philistines, to Vincent Van Gogh, tortured madman and impoverished artist caught in a bureaucratic vacuum as he waits for his Social Security benefits. . . . Brisk, inventive and intelligent, these stories do their own thing, and do it well.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Finger's unabashedly bold tales creatively reimagine outcasts real and invented.\"—Leah Strauss, \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Finger is a talented storyteller, delivering voices and situations with smooth conviction. The scenes she creates jump time and place without jarring the reader. . . . Finger has strength in her storytelling, and hopefully that strength will reach a wide audience.\"—Amy Halloran, themillions.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A fascinating glimpse into the varieties of human difference.\"—Ben Hamilton, PopMatters.com\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Refusing to smooth over the idiosyncrasies of history and human life, she has, instead, successfully written her text with them.\"—Alyssa Pelish, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen and Frida\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Artist and the Dwarf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComrade Luxemburg and Comrade Gramsci Pass Each Other at a Congress of the Second International in Switzerland on the 10th of March, 1912\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGloucester\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoliath\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Blind Marksman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Ned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoby Dick, or, The Leg\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653196378392,"sku":"9780803225336","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-paperback-softback-9780803225336","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}