{"product_id":"librarian-paperback","title":"Librarian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Abbot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn evocative post-apocalyptic vision of loss, love and redemption ...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast man on earth--I'm beginning to fantasize that. The last human survivor  Seems very unlikely, in a world inhabited by so many millions of people in so many cities, so many countries. But in this silence--who knows? Actually, I think it's the silence, and my deepening sense of isolation, that are encouraging me to think I may be alone, completely alone. --But how will I find out for sure, now that radio and TV and newspapers and the Internet and of course social media have all gone? So, don't even think about it  If I am the last, there's nobody out there to care  Keep active, exercise--think and write. No returned books to re-shelve now--or very few, the final few. However, I always did find pleasure and some company, or illusion of company, in books--and in my own writing, those unpublished poems and short stories piled up in my closet at home  So now here I am taking refuge again in the comfort of words? Beloved words  Of course nobody will read the ones I write now, almost certainly they won't. So who am I writing them for? Myself, I guess. My other self. The urge to communicate remains, remains to the end?--even if only with oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003cem\u003eLibrarian\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling short novel of survival and the search for meaning. Compelling characters and thought-provoking meditations on the meaning of philosophy and literature in a world gone wrong make \u003cem\u003eLibrarian\u003c\/em\u003e a book you won't put down--and won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To live through a devastating event, to become isolated from one's fellow humans and to face a crisis of diminishing resources is the all-to-real nightmare of our time. When, in \u003cem\u003eLibrarian\u003c\/em\u003e by Peter Abbot, this happens to Peter, a university librarian in a mid-size town in Canada, he is challenged to discover and develop his own ability to survive, to search for signs of human life, and to preserve the cultural heritage for whomever else might have survived this mysterious armageddon. \u003cem\u003eLibrarian\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of both inner and outer resources as the physical struggle to survive becomes a search for human warmth and meaning.\" -- John Passfield, author of \u003cem\u003ePompeii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159620288575,"sku":"9781772440942","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bdfsLa3oT19781772440942.webp?v=1777000279","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/librarian-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}