Palimpsest - A Novel (Paperback, New)

In the Cities of Coin and Spice and In the Night Garden introduced readers to the unique and intoxicating imagination of Catherynne M. Valente. Now she weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger's kiss....
Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse--a voyage permitted only to those who've always believed there's another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They've each lost something important--a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life--and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2009
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Catherynne Valente
Dimensions:	209 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	367
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-553-38576-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy
LSN:	0-553-38576-3
Barcode:	9780553385762

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