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What I Didn't See and Other Stories
| Author: | Karen Joy Fowler |
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Small Beer Press, 2010 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
In her moving and elegant new collection, New York Times bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth's younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of twins, and she digs into our past, present, and future in the quiet, witty, and incisive way only she can.
The sinister and the magical are always lurking just below the surface: for a mother who invents a fairy-tale world for her son in "Halfway People"; for Edwin Booth in "Edwin's Ghost," haunted by his fame as "America's Hamlet" and his brother's terrible actions; for Norah, a rebellious teenager facing torture in "The Pelican Bar" as she confronts Mama Strong, the sadistic boss of a rehabilitation facility; for the narrator recounting her descent in "What I Didn't See."
With clear and insightful prose, Fowler's stories measure the human capacities for hope and despair, brutality and kindness. This collection, which includes two Nebula Award winners, is sure to delight readers, even as it pulls the rug out from underneath them.
Table of Contents:
- The Pelican Bar - (2009) - short story
- Booth's Ghost - short story
- The Last Worders - (2007) - short story
- The Dark - (1991) - short story
- Always - (2007) - short story
- Familiar Birds - (2006) - shortfiction
- Private Grave 9 - (2003) - short story
- The Marianas Islands - (1996) - short story
- Halfway People - (2010) - short story
- Standing Room Only - (1997) - short story
- What I Didn't See - (2002) - short story
- King Rat - (2003) - short story
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