{"title":"Ben Loory","description":"Ben Loory's fables and tales have appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, READ Magazine, and Fairy Tale Review, and been heard on This American Life and Selected Shorts. He is also the author of Tales of Falling and Flying and a picture book for children, The Baseball Player and the Walrus. A graduate of Harvard University and the American Film Institute MFA program in screenwriting, Loory lives in Los Angeles, where he is an Instructor for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.","products":[{"product_id":"stories-for-nighttime-and-some-for-the-day-paperback","title":"Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This guy can write \" --Ray Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Loory's collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contemporary fables is populated by people-and monsters and trees and jocular octopi-who are united by twin motivations: fear and desire. In his singular universe, televisions talk (and sometimes sing), animals live in small apartments where their nephews visit from the sea, and men and women and boys and girls fall down wells and fly through space and find love on Ferris wheels. In a voice full of fable, myth, and dream, \u003ci\u003eStories for Nighttime and Some for the Day\u003c\/i\u003e draws us into a world of delightfully wicked recognitions, and introduces us to a writer of uncommon talent and imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContains 40 stories, including \"The Duck,\" \"The Man and the Moose,\" and \"Death and the Fruits of the Tree,\" as heard on NPR's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \"The Book,\" as heard on \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"The TV,\" as published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103782179039,"sku":"9780143119500","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aCn1kxsIEj9780143119500.webp?v=1781097611"},{"product_id":"tales-of-falling-and-flying-paperback","title":"Tales of Falling and Flying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mesmerizing and magical. . . . A stunning book.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eNPR.org \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Short stories so imaginative -- and yet so perplexingly familiar -- they could have formed in a dream. . . . Taut, meticulously balanced and written in Loory's direct, witty prose, his own stories take a page from Aesop: high-flying tales nonetheless boiled down to the essentials.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ben Loory's stories are little gifts, strange and moving and wonderfully human. I devoured this book in one sitting.\" \u003cb\u003e--Ransom Riggs, author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA dazzling new collection of stories from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStories for Nighttime and Some for The Day\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ben Loory returns with a second collection of timeless tales, inviting us to enter his worlds of whimsical fantasy, deep empathy, and playful humor, in the signature voice that drew readers to his highly praised first collection. In stories that eschew literary realism, Loory's characters demonstrate richly imagined and surprising perspectives, whether they be dragons or swordsmen, star-crossed lovers or long-lost twins, restaurateurs dreaming of Paris or cephalopods fixated on space travel. In propulsive language that brilliantly showcases Loory's vast imagination, \u003ci\u003eTales of Falling and Flying\u003c\/i\u003e expands our understanding of how fiction can work and is sure to cement his reputation as one of the most innovative short-story writers working today.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104812011743,"sku":"9780143130109","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SyKiPMKwYY9780143130109.webp?v=1781111369"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ben-loory.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}