An underachieving young man who accidentally discovers he&rsquo;s the world&rsquo;s most talented athlete.<br /><br />A humble school photographer who sees her life transformed into a fairy tale.<br /><br />A rabbinical student whose regimented existence is turned on its head after beginning an affair with a woman outside his religion.<br /><br />A novelist who abandons motherhood because of the burden it imposes on her writing.<br /><br />A mountain climber whose fame is matched only by his reclusiveness.<br /><br />A waitress whose self-esteem rises or falls each time a certain stranger visits her restaurant.<br /><br />A woman who leaves her comfortable home and successful business to work in a faraway slum in the belief that, only there, can she repair her broken life.<br /><br />An abhorrently behaved physicist who, in all likelihood, has proven the existence of God.<br /><br />These are only some of the unforgettable eccentrics, loners and misfits who populate the pages of Jupiter The Stupider.<br /><br />Mixing folklore, satire and stark realism, Brian Prousky has created a wide-ranging and uncommonly enchanting collection of stories.