{"product_id":"fate-of-others-stories","title":"Fate of Others: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of short stories examining the extraordinary shades of ordinary life, from the prize-winning fiction writer Richard Bausch (\"A master of the short story\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these twelve new stories, Richard Bausch explores the passions of men and women facing unex­pected circumstances and the complications of modern life and love. In the novella \"Donnaiolo,\" for instance, the parents of a young divorcée who has returned from Italy and a failed marriage must deal with the completely different, and unappealing, person she has become. In \"Isolation,\" a happily married woman who has con­ceived an unexpected passion for another man learns, in lockdown during the pandemic, that this man--into whose life Bausch also gives us a window--has become ill with Covid. In a second novella, \"Broken House,\" an elderly Catholic man recalls his part in the destruction of an old farmhouse by altar boys who believed a monk had given them permission to destroy it--while also portraying his lifelong fascination with one of the boys, a gifted artist who has carried a secret for decades about the church they both wanted to serve as priests. And in still another story, \"The Widow's Tale,\" a woman whose recently killed husband repeatedly visits her younger sister in dreams attends a séance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eThe Fate of Others, \u003c\/i\u003eBausch once again exposes the virtues and flaws of his characters, remind­ing us, as the best stories do, of ourselves and people we know, and the lives we lead.","brand":"Richard Bausch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46486295118060,"sku":"9780593801451","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593801451.jpg?v=1748305161","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/fate-of-others-stories","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}