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"Beautifully written and subtly discomforting stories."--Nancy
Pearl
"An exceptionally versatile author."--"St. Louis
Post-Dispatch"
In her moving and elegant new collection, "New York Times"
bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth's
younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of
twins, and she digs into our past, present, and future in the
quiet, witty, and incisive way only she can.
The sinister and the magical are always lurking just below the
surface: for a mother who invents a fairy-tale world for her son in
"Halfway People"; for Edwin Booth in "Booth's Ghost," haunted by
his fame as "America's Hamlet" and his brother's terrible actions;
for Norah, a rebellious teenager facing torture in the World
Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award winner "The Pelican Bar" as she
confronts Mama Strong, the sadistic boss of a rehabilitation
facility; for the narrator recounting her descent in "What I Didn't
See."
With clear and insightful prose, Fowler's stories measure the
human capacities for hope and despair, brutality and kindness. This
collection, which includes two Nebula Award winners and some
stories which have been significantly rewritten since first
publication, is sure to delight readers, even as it pulls the rug
out from underneath them.
Karen Joy Fowler is the author of five novels, including "Wit's
End," "Sister Noon," "Sarah Canary," and "The New York Times"
bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club." Fowler and her husband, who
have two grown children, live in Santa Cruz, California.
General
| Imprint: |
Big Mouth House
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2013 |
| First published: |
April 2013 |
| Authors: |
Karen Joy Fowler
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
197 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-931520-48-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
1-931520-48-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781931520485 |
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