"Each of these spare and elegant tales rings like a bell in your head. memorable, original, and not much like anything you've read."--Karen Joy Fowler "A strange and enchanting book, written in crisp, winning sentences; each story begs to be read aloud and savored."--Aimee Bender "_Horse, Flower,
Horse, Flower, Bird
โ Scribed by Kate Bernheimer
- Publisher
- BookMobile;Coffee House Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1566892821
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; A Cuckoo Tale; A Tulip's Tale; A Doll's Tale; A Petting Zoo Tale; A Cageling Tale; A Garibaldi Tale; A Star Wars Tale; Whitework; Acknowledgments.;Eight marvelous, melancholy new fairy tales for daring readers.
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