{"product_id":"dov-e-engel-the-rider-and-other-stories-9781844011100","title":"The Rider and Other Stories","description":"Here are twenty-seven tales so varied, so clever, so gentle in their humour you wouldn't believe they could all be crammed into one book.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWe meet prodigies, orphans, wolf-hounds, flying horses, gamblers, goddesses, academics and acrobats... we see a genius and his violin, a retired soldier and his restaurant, a young woman and her dentist (thrice), a teenager and her chance to save humanity (guess how) and a Damascene conversion in the Himalayas.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe whole boborscht of scenarios and zany characters has the flavour of true storytelling about it. But there are serious notes too: the fingers on the keyboard can fire a gun... so read on!\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'These short stories work well. Perhaps their outstanding characteristic is variety; they move over a large, multi-textured landscape.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIndeed, there is a theme here, but it is in no way obtrusive. The function of this book is a collection of good short stories, and as such they are meaningful and valid, with many pleasing echoes of place and motivation.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThey also demonstrate a sharp and individual perception on the part of the author; these are vignettes, portraits, of remarkable potency and accuracy.' Mark Sykes.","brand":"New Generation Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53706207035734,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781844011100_1.jpg?v=1778869402","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/dov-e-engel-the-rider-and-other-stories-9781844011100","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}