Contributions

  • Joan Wong - Cover Design

Publication

2018-02-06 - Vintage

Language

English

Word Count

40,250 words, Guess

Page Count

161 pages

Physical Format

EBook

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPT9877.3.I45 A2 2018

Description

**An award-winning debut story collection by Karin Tidbeck, author of Amatka.** A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated readers around the world. Originally published by the tiny press Cheeky Frawg – the passion project of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer – Jagannath has been celebrated by readers and critics alike, with rave reviews from major outlets and support from lauded peers like China Mieville and even Ursula K. Le Guin herself. These are stories in which fairies haunt quiet towns, and an immortal being discovers the nature of time – stories in which anything is possible.

Description

"A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated readers around the world. Originally published by the tiny press Cheeky Frawg--the passion project of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer--Jagannath has been celebrated by readers and critics alike, with rave reviews from major outlets and support from lauded peers like China Mie ville and even Ursula K. Le Guin herself. These are stories in which fairies haunt quiet towns, and an immortal being discovers the nature of time--stories in which anything is possible."--Amazon.com.

First Sentence

It’s rare, almost unheard of, to encounter an author so extraordinarily gifted she appears to have sprung full-blown into the literary world, like Athena from the head of Zeus.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • JagannathEBookVintage2018-02-06

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