{"product_id":"the-childrens-war-stories-9781771962131","title":"The Children's War: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): C. P. Boyko\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his fourth collection, C. P. Boyko turnshis keen eye to the question of power--in schools and on campuses, in doctor's offices and boardrooms, in triage tents and on the battlefield. A high-school math teacher tries too hard to be liked; childhood friends grow up and go to war for very different reasons; for purposes not entirely medical, a dentist hypnotizes a patient; management and workers struggle for control of a faltering factory; infantries comprised exclusively of women meet in battle; and undergraduates occupy a university president's offfice, rallying beneath the flag of moral outrage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving effortlessly through a range of styles, from contemporary realist fiction and episodic adventures to three-act plays and polyvocal narratives, Boyko's chameleon talents reveal the thread that binds his disparate characters and plots: the hunger to hold power and all the ways we are consumed by it. Clear-eyed but not cynical, satirical without being sarcastic, \u003cem\u003eThe Children's War\u003c\/em\u003e is as entertaining as it is insightful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46319497150615,"sku":"9781771962131","price":1651.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781771962131.webp?v=1767713288","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-childrens-war-stories-9781771962131","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}