{"product_id":"hunger-humor-humanity-9798887492650","title":"Hunger, Humor, Humanity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thrinadh Sai\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI feel that the short story is as distinct from the novel as poetry is and that the finest tales are closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort fiction appears to be more focused - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. They hit, they erupt, and you never forget them when they work. Long fiction has a different vibe than short fiction: it's a lot smokier and less defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short narrative is a splinter, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy of the human condition, but it lacks the ability to think for itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short story is a love affair; a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46443515347095,"sku":"9798887492650","price":2346.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798887492650.webp?v=1769127056","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hunger-humor-humanity-9798887492650","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}