In her new collection, gifted poet and novelist Kim Addonizio uses
her literary powers to bring to life a variety of settings, all
connected through the suggestion that things in the known world are
not what they seem. In Beautiful Lady of the Snow, young Annabelle
turns to a host of family pets to combat the alienation she feels
caught between her distracted mother and ailing grandfather; in
Night Owls, a young college student s crush on her acting partner
is complicated by the bloodlust of being half-vampire; in Cancer
Poems, a dying woman turns to a poetry workshop to make sense of
her terminal diagnosis and final days; in Intuition, a young girl s
sexual forays bring her closer to her best friend s father; and in
the collection s title story, a photographer looks back to his
youth spent as a young illusionist under the big tent and his
obsessive affair with the carnival owner s wife. The stories in
this collection have appeared in journals ranging from Narrative
Magazine to The Fairy Tale Review, and include the much loved "Ever
After," which was featured on NPR's "Selected Shorts." Distracted
parents, first love, the twin forces of alienation and isolation:
the characters in The Palace of Illusions all must contend with
these challenges, trafficking in the fault lines between the real
and the imaginary, often in a world not of their making."
General
| Imprint: |
Shoemaker & Hoard, Div of Avalon Publishing Group Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2015 |
| Authors: |
Kim Addonizio
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| Dimensions: |
224 x 142 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-59376-625-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
1-59376-625-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781593766252 |
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