"A moving lament for lost childhoods and an eloquent tribute to the enduring power of art."--_The New York Times_ "Staggeringly original and profound...Extraordinary, wonderful." --_Time Out_ "A startling, stimulating book filled with angels and scarecrows, gargoyles and garlands, vaudevil
Was a novel
β Scribed by Ryman, Geoff
- Book ID
- 110500879
- Publisher
- Small Beer Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781931520737
- ASIN
- B00BAZV4FY
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Dotty, old and maybe crazy, sees The Wizard of Oz on TV, and recognizes it as her own story.
Was is a haunting novel which explores the lives of characters intertwined with The Wizard of Oz: the real Dorothy Gale; Judy Garlands unhappy fame; and Jonathan, a dying actor, and his therapist, whose work at an asylum unwittingly intersects with the Yellow Brick Road.
Number of Words in Auth: 2
Formats : EPUB
Number of Formats : 1
Has Cover : Yes
All Identifiers : isbn:9781931520386, mobi-asin:B00BAZV4FY
Single Author : Geoff Ryman
Original Source : New_Files_08_13
Sorted Author by LN, FN: Ryman, Geoff
Title Length : 011
Title Parm D : Was_a novel
Title Parm G : Was
Num of Aut : 1
Title Parm B : (
Title Parm H : a novel
Record ID : 5663
Uncomma Author : Geoff Ryman
Title Parm A : Was_a novel
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