White Cat, Black Dog (Paperback)

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world, from one of today's finest short story writers - MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble. Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers - characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. In 'The White Cat's Divorce', an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which will become his heir. In 'The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear', a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In 'Skinder's Veil', a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelers - or perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche. Twisting and winding in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictable - these stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the art of short fiction. Reviews for Get in Trouble: 'Kelly Link is inimitable. Her tales are like nothing else, dark yet sparkling with her unique brand of fairy dust' Erin Morgenstern 'Link's stories are always a treat... Richly imagined, intellectually teasing: these are not so much small fictions as windows on to entire worlds. A brilliant, giddying read' Sarah Waters 'How does Kelly Link understand our pains and longings and memories and even our futures so well?... A national treasure!' Yiyun Li 'Funny, moving, tender, brave and dangerous' Neil Gaiman

General

Imprint:	Head of Zeus
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Kelly Link
Dimensions:	229 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-80454-841-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	1-80454-841-3
Barcode:	9781804548417

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