Publication

1998 - Henry Holt, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

60,500 words, Guess

Page Count

242 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1870819
  • LibraryThing368229

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3556.O844 B57 1998

Description

Carry Nation is on the loose again, breaking up discos, smashing topless bars, radicalizing women as she preaches clean living to men more intent on booze and babes. As for Mrs. Gulliver, her patience with her long-voyaging Lemuel is wearing thin: money is short and the kids can't even remember what their dad looks like. And what of Tonto, the ever-faithful companion, turning forty without so much as a birthday phone call from that masked man? In fifteen short fictions, Karen Joy Fowler turns accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down, pushing us to reconsider all our unquestioned verities and proving once more that she is among our most subversive writers of fiction. Filled with imaginative virtuosity, replete with wicked insights and cunning conceits, Black Glass delivers everything readers have come to expect of her fiction.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Black glass: short fictionsHenry Holt1998-01-01

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