{"product_id":"paradise-tales","title":"Paradise Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eRyman, Geoff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeoff Ryman writes about the other and leaves us dissected in the process. His stories are set in recognizable places—London, Cambodia, tomorrow—and feature men and women caught in recognizable situations (or technologies) and not sure which way to turn. They, we, should obviously choose what's right. But what if that's difficult? What will we do? What we should, or . . . ?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e builds on the success of his most recent novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and on the three Cambodian stories included here, \"The Last Ten Years of the Hero Kai,\" \"Blocked,\" and the exceedingly-popular \"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadise Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes stories selected from the many periods of Ryman’s career including “Birth Days,” “Omnisexual,” “The Film-makers of Mars,” and a new story, “K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo’s Career).”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo complement this first full-length short story collection, Small Beer Press is reprinting Ryman's backlist: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Child Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and a book of four novellas, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Countries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with new introductions to continue to build the readership of one of the most fascinating writers exploring the edges of being, gender, science, and fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Ryman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe King's Last Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Child Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (a Clarke and Tiptree Award winner), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unconquered Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (a World Fantasy Award winner). Canadian by birth, he has lived in Cambodia and Brazil and now teaches creative writing at the University of Manchester in England.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAF QR 001\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The House Tuscaloosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43127265132678,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/2745\/7620\/files\/Paradisetales.jpg?v=1771439752","url":"https:\/\/the-house-tuscaloosa.myshopify.com\/products\/paradise-tales","provider":"The House Tuscaloosa","version":"1.0","type":"link"}