{"product_id":"sex-death-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Sex \u0026 Death: and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTymchak Ivor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gardener reaps a whirlwind from the wings of a butterfly. The author Stan Barstow explains why he never left Wakefield. A group of data analysts embrace religion. An artistic genius performs a miracle on a hard-hearted Pope. A motivational speaker takes her motivation one step too far. Hunters become the hunted when their African adventure takes a turn for the worse. A young boy makes plans to conquer time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are just a few of the scenarios explored in the twenty-four stories of this book. Each story describes the universal from the particular and each story carries a payload of considerable power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSex \u0026amp; Death and Other Stories, plays with the unsayable. It ventures into territory many people would rather not find themselves. It explores the human condition in a way that slips under the radar of pretence and affectation. The characters in the stories are recognisably human: flawed, damaged, greedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories will stay with you long after you've put down the book -- you'll laugh, you'll cry, maybe shout with indignation but the one thing you'll never be, is bored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvor Tymchak is an outsider. He was born to Ukrainian parents in a northern town in England and went to various schools that tried to inculcate him into a particular way of thinking. He rejected their indoctrination and went to art school in Liverpool, Huddersfield, Portsmouth and Sheffield where he learned that nothing in life is as it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis career spans film making, rock music, strip cartoons, caricaturing, stand up comedy, presenting and now, writing. He still doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52615926710554,"sku":"9781916016514","price":22.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/scfA1_UZ8W9781916016514.webp?v=1785448766","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/sex-death-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}