{"product_id":"the-presence-of-absence-paperback","title":"The Presence of Absence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Van Booy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Flows with depth and power....wide-open wonder.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simon Van Booy electrifyingly combines story with parable....wise, witty and always breathtakingly beautiful.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, Best Fiction of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a writer lies dying, he has one last story to tell: a tale of faith and devotion, a meditation on what lies beyond this life, and a prayer of gratitude that may lead to rebirth. This is Simon Van Booy at his visionary best. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Language is a map leading to a place not on the map,\" announces a young writer lying in a hospital bed at the beginning of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Presence of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. As he contemplates his impending physical disappearance and the impact on his beloved wife, he realizes, \"Life doesn't start when you're born . . . it begins when you commit yourself to the eventual devastating loss that results from connecting to another person.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfused with poetic clarity and graced with humor, Simon Van Booy's innovative novella asks the reader to find beauty--even gratitude--in the cycle of birth and death. Stripped of artifice, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Presence of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a meditation between the writer and the reader, an imaginative work that challenges the deceit of written words and explores our strongest emotions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimon Van Booy is not only a master storyteller but a writer whose fiction is rich with philosophical insights into things both mapped and undiscovered. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Presence of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e parts the darkness to reveal what has been just out of sight all along. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766278062368,"sku":"9781567927443","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d5c45b8621053c09e1190ce5e37aef7.webp?v=1780289057","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-presence-of-absence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}