{"product_id":"call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-paperback","title":"Call Me Ahab: A Short Story Collection - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Finger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a Hollywood encounter between Helen Keller and Frida Kahlo, \"two female icons of disability.\" Or the story of \"Moby Dick, or, The Leg,\" told from Ahab's perspective. What if Vincent Van Gogh resided in a twentieth-century New York hotel, surviving on food stamps and direct communications with God? Or if the dwarf pictured in a seventeenth-century painting by Velazquez should tell her story? And, finally, imagine the encounter between David and Goliath from the Philistine's point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the characters who people history and myth as counterpoints to the \"normal.\" And they are also the characters who populate Anne Finger's remarkable short stories. Affecting but never sentimental, ironic but never cynical, these wonderfully rich and comic tales reimagine life beyond the margins of \"normality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Finger has taught creative writing at Wayne State University in Detroit and at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eBone Truth: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBasic Skills: A Short Story Collection\u003c\/em\u003e; and the memoir \u003cem\u003eElegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Finger has taught creative writing at Wayne State University in Detroit and at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eBone Truth: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBasic Skills: A Short Story Collection\u003c\/i\u003e; and the memoir \u003ci\u003eElegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.38 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761355030816,"sku":"9780803225336","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/682a91c2b980a4f71d9b59d78b1952de.webp?v=1780205359","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/call-me-ahab-a-short-story-collection-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}