The very best of Caitlín R. Kiernan.
Title:
The very best of Caitlín R. Kiernan.
Author:
Kiernan, Caitlín R. author.
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Uniform Title:
Short stories. Selections
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Tachyon, 2019.
Physical Description:
xi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
"One of our essential writers of dark fiction."-- New York Times "Lyrically compelling tales that are nearly impossible to stop reading...fans of weird writers like Carmen Maria Machado, Jeff VanderMeer, and China Mieville will be glad to find this volume and thereby discover a writer who inspired them all." -- Booklist Caitlín R. Kiernan is one of dark fantasy and horror's most acclaimed and influential short fiction writers. Her powerful, unexpected stories shatter morality, gender, and sexuality: a reporter is goaded by her toxic girlfriend into visiting sadistic art exhibits; a countess in a decaying movie theater is sated by her servants; a collector offers his greatest achievement to ensnare a musician who grieves for her missing sister. In this retrospective collection of her finest work--previously only available in limited editions--Kiernan cuts straight to the heart of the emotional truths we cannot ignore.
Language:
English
Contents:
Andromeda among the stones -- La Peau Verte -- Houses under the sea -- Bradbury weather -- A child's guide to the hollow hills -- The ammonite violin (Murder ballad No. 4) -- A season of broken dolls -- In view of nothing -- The Ape's wife -- The steam dancer (1896) -- Galapagos -- Fish bride (1970) -- The mermaid and the concrete ocean -- Hydrarguros -- The maltese unicorn -- Tidal forces -- The prayer of ninety cats -- One Tree Hill (The world as cataclysm) -- Interstate love song (Murder ballad No. 8) -- Fairy tale of Wood Street.
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ISBN:
9781616963026
Format :
Book
