{"product_id":"that-tiny-life-9781487003661","title":"That Tiny Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn settings that range from the old American West to pre-revolutionary France, from a present-day dig site in the high tablelands of South America to deep space, \u003cem\u003eThat Tiny Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a wide-ranging and utterly original collection of short fiction and a novella that examines the idea of progress -- humanity's never-ending cycle of creation and destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the award-winning story, \"Valley Floor,\" a surgeon performs an amputation in the open desert in the American West. In \"Da Capo al Fine,\" set in eighteenth-century France, the creator of the fortepiano designs another, more brutal instrument. And in \"That Tiny Life,\" the reader gets a glimpse into a future in which human resource extraction goes far beyond Earth. Each story is infused with impeccably researched detail that brings obscure and fascinating subject matter into bright relief, be it falconry, ancient funeral rites, or space exploration. The result is an amazing interplay of minute detail against the backdrop of huge themes, such as human expression and impact, our need for connection, the innate violence in nature, and the god-complex present in all acts of human creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA highly accomplished, evocative, and wholly impressive work of short fiction, \u003cem\u003eThat Tiny Life\u003c\/em\u003e introduces readers to a writer with limitless range and imagination. \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 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487003661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Erin Frances Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653364379804,"sku":"9781487003661","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_69934a2f-d1f7-454e-b391-98c703f7e120.jpg?v=1603881572","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/that-tiny-life-9781487003661","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}