{"product_id":"the-pebble-chance-feuilletons-and-other-prose-paperback","title":"The Pebble Chance: Feuilletons and Other Prose - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarius Kociejowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKociejowski draws on all the aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ...  that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm. --\u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there is always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction. In these essays, poet, antiquarian bookseller, and celebrated travel writer Marius Kociejowski chronicles serendipitous encounters with authors, manuscripts, and eccentrics, in which \"the curious workings of fate\" and \"art's unbidden swerve\" intervene to shift the course of fortune. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarried by keen wit, aphoristic prose, and a rich sense of characterization, and featuring chance meetings and comic misadventures with such figures as Bruce Chatwin, Zbigniew Herbert, and Javier Mar as, \u003ci\u003eThe Pebble Chance\u003c\/i\u003e is a sumptuous offering of belles lettres exploring the incandescent moments when skill and providence collide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarius Kociejowski, poet, essayist and travel writer, lives in London. He has published four collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eCoast\u003c\/i\u003e (Greville Press), \u003ci\u003eDoctor Honoris Causa\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMusic's Bride\u003c\/i\u003e (both Anvil Press). \u003ci\u003eSo Dance the Lords of Language - poems 1975-2001\u003c\/i\u003e was published in Canada by Porcupine's Quill in 2003. Most recently, he published \u003ci\u003eThe Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (Sutton Publishing), \u003ci\u003eThe Pigeon Wars of Damascus\u003c\/i\u003e (Biblioasis), \u003ci\u003eGod's Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e (Carcanet) and an anthology, \u003ci\u003eSyria through Writers' Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e (Eland).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769974456608,"sku":"9781927428771","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c8411d0953728fc2d60df69740255a0b.webp?v=1780361480","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pebble-chance-feuilletons-and-other-prose-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}