{"product_id":"small-worlds-paperback","title":"Small Worlds - 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\u003eGail Vida Hamburg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Expansive Stories On Small Canvases\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Small Worlds, Gail Vida Hamburg delivers a collection of flash fiction and microfiction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat captures the messy, often absurd architecture of human lives-compressed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto moments of sharp beauty, sly humor, and unsettling truth.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom slow dances that never end, to customer service calls that turn into romances, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto rebellious seniors plotting a great escape, these stories chronicle the intimate and the epic in miniature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, love is both a balm and a weapon. Loneliness births imaginary friends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeviants justify cruelty with high-minded philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in the end, everyone is seeking-connection, redemption, or simply a way out.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith razor-sharp wit and unsparing insight, Small Worlds invites readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to peer into the condensed universes we each inhabit-worlds where longing, compulsion, invention, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand self-rationale collide.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's the sum of a life? A moment. A sentence. A breath.\u2028\u2028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of flash fiction and microfiction is a meditation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the art of compression and the expansive truths that reside in the smallest spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories as Mughal Miniature Art and Rice Grain Paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377435123851,"sku":"9780979827518","price":31.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/tWPjbdUzj_9780979827518.webp?v=1789620657","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/small-worlds-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}