{"product_id":"spectators-paperback-1","title":"Spectators - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRob Davidson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can we know of what's most profound? In these brief and lyrical fictions, Rob Davidson offers us glimpses of what remains out of reach. He writes, \"There is inside of us dark music, the melody of expectation.\" Brilliant, his dark music--whether his words fulfill or expand or thwart our desires. His wise language assures us: \"Disappointment has its benefits, nudging us toward joy.\" Tiny marvels, these flashes. Beautiful mystery, this book. \u003cbr\u003e --Peggy Shumaker, author of \u003cem\u003eJust Breathe Normally\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sometimes you command more attention by lowering your voice. Sometimes you say more by choosing to say less. Sometimes the essence of a situation, a character, even of an entire life presents itself, suspended like a specimen, in a single gesture, a spoken phrase, an image, a glance. Rob Davidson's stories in \u003cem\u003eSpectators\u003c\/em\u003e go straight for the metaphysical jugular, offering vividly sketched characters in whom you will surely recognize yourself, creating stealthily constructed miniature worlds in which you will surely recognize the big old world you and I walk through on a daily basis, dumbfounded and amazed and taking in the sights. \u003cbr\u003e --Troy Jollimore, author of \u003cem\u003eSyllabus of Errors \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As the beautifully crafted stories of \u003cem\u003eSpectators\u003c\/em\u003e build, become brief steps and steles in a longer journey, the voices and visions, the flashes and glimpses lead us to new thresholds: that region of memory and desire, story and imagination, where we \"eternally arrive.\" Even in all its brevity, fragmentation, and rendering of globalization's affects, \u003cem\u003eSpectators\u003c\/em\u003e is a big, bold, expansive, and heartfelt work that shines with Rob Davidson's masterly writing. \u003cbr\u003e --Fred Arroyo, author of \u003cem\u003eWestern Avenue and Other Fictions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248890036473,"sku":"9781944355319","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/R2RmYVZlNi9pcXNSOTZWblJhd3E2UT09_7acfb827-c4f7-4eaa-b506-ec5d05788566.webp?v=1768641159","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/spectators-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}