{"product_id":"planet-earth-stories-9781487013561","title":"Planet Earth: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternational award-winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePlanet Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicholas Ruddock moves nimbly through a range of styles--from conventional to flash-fiction to his unique mastery of the long sentence--in stories exploring themes of love and passion, all with an awareness of our species-specific carelessness burning up the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection showcases a gifted writer at the top of his game, each story fresh and unexpected: the time Mario Vargas Llosa sucker-punched Gabriel García Márquez at a theatre in Mexico City inspires a young Marxist couple's violent act of revenge in Toronto years later; an anxious young man finds solace in the employ of Prince, the musician; we get a haunting glimpse of Toronto's polio epidemic at its peak in 1953; a young Canadian student bears witness to the Algerian protests and police violence in 1961 Paris; a pair of naive young women find themselves involved with a mysterious circus troupe in Nice. These provocative but contemplative stories are paradoxically positive and quick-witted, with a humorous fondness for humans and all our failings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487013561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Nicholas Ruddock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948722684085,"sku":"9781487013561","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_757452bb-61ab-4f36-b35f-fe552a583116.jpg?v=1762272541","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/planet-earth-stories-9781487013561","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}