{"product_id":"essence-folly-twelve-short-stories-paperback","title":"Essence \u0026 Folly: Twelve Short Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorge David Awe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in and around a small town in modern-day Belize, \u003ci\u003eEssence \u0026amp; Folly\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the lives of several poignant and comical residents from Santo Innocencio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA humorous fishing story of revenge gone wrong entitled \"Ole Gyal and Jackanapes\" exposes some of the difficulties arising from the generation gap between a cantankerous Mayan grandmother and her \"half-limey\" grandson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"The Voice over the Water\" recounts Do a Elena's days of interminable melancholy and loneliness following the death of her husband. Three months after her heartbreak, the widow finds herself at the edge of a cliff, confronting her own mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Don Gabriel Loco\" is a madman serving out the final days of a twelve-year sentence for the botched execution of his ex-wife's lover. While in jail, he records the colorful details of that bloody evening in a diary. Eventually, through deliberations with God, Shakespeare, and Diablo, he arrives at the decision that he must finish what he started-in six seconds fl at-the moment he's released.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Believing this is his best shot at a normal life, a lonely bachelor enlists the help of a mule to pursue the love and attention of his neighbor in \"The Love Story of a Garbage Man.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \"Leonid and the Mini-Commander,\" a shopkeeper wonders whether his obsessions and compulsions are the result of prompts from a mini-commander hiding in a bunker lodged inside his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168950554759,"sku":"9781462042272","price":11.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bef0239ebb425819eb2095b6c70a52c1.webp?v=1733337947","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/essence-folly-twelve-short-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}