{"product_id":"shoes-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Shoes and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Herrmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shoes and Other Stories\" is a collection - a novella and six short stories: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Madeleine\" follows a young man's growing infatuation of a woman who sits next to him in the theater. Each encounter inspires him farther on an eye-opening artistic journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Neglect\" is an expressionistic look at obsession, the disintegration of dreams and the downward spiral of a marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Wind Change\" An elderly artist in mourning, retraces the happiness of an earlier period as he wanders familar lakes and mountains of the Adirondacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zigzag\" An old ragged stranger wanders by a village wineshop and engages the struggling proprietor in a tale - a long ago amorous adventure in a foreign land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Blanket\" A man's determination to carry out a promise - transporting his brother's ashes on a voyage under sail, with his two nephews, to a final, sacred resting place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Out of Season\" Four co-workers on a deer hunting weekend in the Adirondacks. The weather is unseasonly warm and rainy, creating boredom and frustration; one member commits a betrayal and suffers a bizarre injury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shoes\" A novella from two points of view. The life of a village drunk through the eyes of a recovered alcoholic. The story starts in the mid-sixties and follows them into the eighties - explores the social turbulence of the times and the conflict of values based on individual and cultural perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729185017919,"sku":"9781647184391","price":32.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ef26a024d726d978629d76d07ce414ef.webp?v=1765121278","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/shoes-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}