{"product_id":"triptych-9781775340218","title":"Triptych","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart\u003cem\u003e District 9\u003c\/em\u003e, part \u003cem\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e, part \u003cem\u003eStranger in a Strange Land\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRIPTYCH was nominated for two Lambda Literary Awards and named one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKalp is a widower, burdened with an unimaginable grief, who escaped his dying world with nothing but his own life and a half-finished toy for a child that will now never be born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen is a language expert covertly recruited for a United Nations initiative to integrate a ship-full of alien refugees into life on earth. She becomes Kalp's teammate and lifeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasil is the engineer who lives with, and loves them, both. But he has no idea how to defend his new relationship against the ire and condemnation of a violently intolerant world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRIPTYCH is a poignant, character-driven science-fiction story about tolerance, love, loss, and the desperate attempt to find connection in a world that no longer makes sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I couldn't put it down. It's a very impressive first novel and if Ms. Frey continues to do with science fiction what she's done in this book she might single-handedly be credited with reviving the entire genre. Bravo  Encore, encore \"\u003cbr\u003e -Todd McCaffrey, \u003cem\u003eThe Dragonriders of Pern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Here There Be\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781775340218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.74d","brand":"J. M. Frey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668438511772,"sku":"9781775340218","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c3016f6e-4712-4ed5-b79c-b55cc56a745e.jpg?v=1603917540","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/triptych-9781775340218","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}