{"product_id":"a-kind-of-flying-selected-stories-9780393324792","title":"A Kind of Flying: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eRon Carlson's stories, sometimes wicked or bittersweet, often zany, are rich with a hard-earned hopefulness frequently absent in contemporary fiction. In this generous gathering from collections no longer available, longtime fans and new readers alike can savor the development of a master of idiosyncrasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProperly celebrated for his range, Carlson offers us a rural sheriff who's wary of UFOs (\"Phenomena\"), a lawyer on a mission in remote Alaska (\"Blazo\"), a baseball player turned killer-by-accident (\"Zanduce at Second\"), and a nineteen-year-old who experiences an unsettling sexual awakening during an Arizona summer (\"Oxygen\"). Here also is a man accusing Bigfoot of stealing his wife, followed by Bigfoot's incomparable response. Not least of the treasures is \"The H Street Sledding Record,\" a story perfect for family holiday reading, in which a young father creates the magic of Santa by throwing manure on his roof on Christmas Eve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proves Carlson's axiom that \"a short story is not a single thing done a single way,\" and it offers us--finally--a full view of his remarkable talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarlson, Ron:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRon Carlson\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches creative writing at Arizona State and lives in Scottsdale. His stories, much anthologized, have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's, Esquire, Playboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503309820178,"sku":"9780393324792","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_531d3735-d03d-47f8-b50d-3ec8df534a8f.jpg?v=1730788001","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-kind-of-flying-selected-stories-9780393324792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}