{"product_id":"stan-on-guard-9781778490125","title":"Stan on Guard","description":"\u003cp\u003eIshtanu (call him Stan) is a Hittite immortal keeping his head down in Toronto and recounting some of his experiences. Tróán is an immortal Trojan princess who thought she'd killed Stan in post-war Berlin but who now knows he survived. Yes, technically Stan can die. He has just managed not to for 3200 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their stories braid together toward a final reckoning they take us through, among other things, a subversive retelling of the Odysseus story, the resistance of pagan Lithuania against Papal crusaders, the decline of Friedrich Nietzsche in a German clinic, the arts scene in \u003ci\u003ebelle epoque\u003c\/i\u003e Paris, and the descent of Europe into the horrors of the Great War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrap in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStan On Guard\u003c\/i\u003e is the follow-up to K. R. Wilson's tragical-comical-historical novel \u003ci\u003eCall Me Stan: A Tragedy in Three Millennia\u003c\/i\u003e, which was long-listed for the 2022 Leacock Medal for Humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Guernica Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778490125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 5.99w x 0.95d","brand":"K. R. Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435563020469,"sku":"9781778490125","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ee166bdc-2bd2-4f4c-8512-6d1eaf3ded20.jpg?v=1776227201","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stan-on-guard-9781778490125","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}