{"product_id":"emperor-of-the-air-by-ethan-canin","title":"'Emperor of the Air' by Ethan Canin","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"258\"\u003eCanin’s debut collection, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003every much in the tradition of American literary realism shaped by writers like Raymond Carver and John Cheever: stories where very little appears to happen, yet everything quietly does.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"260\" data-end=\"665\"\u003eSet largely in American suburbs and university towns, the stories follow doctors, children, aging parents, and drifting sons as they navigate illness, disappointment, loyalty, and love. Canin writes with a patient observational style, attentive to the moments where relationships subtly shift: a conversation at a dinner table, a remembered childhood humiliation, a long friendship beginning to wear thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"876\"\u003eThe title story, often singled out as the centrepiece of the collection, traces a boy’s complicated attachment to his aging violin teacher — a portrait of admiration, fragility, and the uneasy passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44168313667667,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-05T090332.899.png?v=1772661884","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/emperor-of-the-air-by-ethan-canin","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}