{"product_id":"the-man-back-there-stories-9781932511635","title":"The Man Back There: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Back There\u003c\/i\u003e, Mary Gaitskill writes simply, \"I chose these stories because they made me feel. . . .\" The reader of David Crouse's collection is bound to agree, but the reasons are not easily explained. Crouse crawls inside the heads of a dozen male protagonists and tells us how they think. They are not always likeable. They are often losers--their thoughts hurry ahead or dawdle behind, disconnected from what little action occurs around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, somehow, we wince for the dog-catcher who crashes his ex-wife's Thanksgiving dinner in \"The Castle on the Hill.\" We sympathize with the latch-key kid who pillages toys in a dead boy's closet in \"Time Capsule.\" And in \"The Long Run,\" we find it hard to condemn a ninety-two-year-old senator trying to salvage his career after his ex-wife publishes a scandalous tell-all book about his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deceptively quiet collection, the truth is something that simmers up through what is not said. A hero is a man who saves himself from himself, who placates his temper with self-awareness and, most importantly, self-forgiveness. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Back There\u003c\/i\u003e is a feat of empathy and razor sharp vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Crouse\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCopy Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the 2005 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. He lives in Fairbanks, where he teaches at the University of Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932511635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.58w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/09\/2008 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Crouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917421940917,"sku":"9781932511635","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54cf6075-ed29-45d6-bfd9-dcc8dd8e5751.jpg?v=1687284692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-man-back-there-stories-9781932511635","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}