Title:
Black glass : short fictions / Karen Joy Fowler.
ISBN:
9780399175794
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2015]
Physical Description:
xvi, 286 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
"A Marian Wood book."
Contents:
Black glass -- Contention -- Shimabara -- The Elizabeth complex -- Go back -- The travails -- Lieserl -- Letters from home -- Duplicity -- The faithful companion at forty -- The brew -- Lily red -- The black fairy's curse -- The view from Venus : a case study -- Game night at the Fox and Goose.
Summary:
"First published in 1998 ... and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the ... talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen ... tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down--pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers"--Dust jacket flap.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
ocn893894767
Availability:
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