{"product_id":"presence-of-absence","title":"Presence of Absence","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePresence of Absence\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon Van Booy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781567927443\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid R. Godine, Publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e184\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"David R. Godine, Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Presence of Absence | Simon Van Booy | Paperback | 9781567927443 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1766190","offer_id":50908079423746,"sku":"1766190","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/814ToMU6nJL.jpg?v=1793286898","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/presence-of-absence","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}