

- Fiction, short stories (single author), American Short stories, Short stories
All-new collection of magical stories from slapstick comedy to Gothic horror.
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Kelly Link
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 285
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Seix Barral
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812986518
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About Kelly Link · 1969
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