In this collection, gifted poet and novelist Kim Addonizio uses her literary powers to bring to life a variety of settings, all connected through the suggestion that things in the known world are not what they seem. In "Beautiful Lady of the Snow," young Annabelle turns to a host of family pets to combat the alienation she feels caught between her distracted mother and ailing grandfather; in "Night Owls," a young college student's crush on her acting partner is complicated by the bloodlust of being half-vampire; in ...
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In this collection, gifted poet and novelist Kim Addonizio uses her literary powers to bring to life a variety of settings, all connected through the suggestion that things in the known world are not what they seem. In "Beautiful Lady of the Snow," young Annabelle turns to a host of family pets to combat the alienation she feels caught between her distracted mother and ailing grandfather; in "Night Owls," a young college student's crush on her acting partner is complicated by the bloodlust of being half-vampire; in "Cancer Poems," a dying woman turns to a poetry workshop to make sense of her terminal diagnosis and final days; in "Intuition," a young girl's sexual forays bring her closer to her best friend's father; and in the collection's title story, a photographer looks back to his youth spent as a young illusionist under the big tent and his obsessive affair with the carnival owner's wife. Distracted parents, first love, the twin forces of alienation and isolation: the characters in The Palace of Illusions all must contend with these challenges, trafficking in the fault lines between the real and the imaginary, often in a world not of their making. The stories in this collection have appeared in journals ranging from Narrative Magazine to The Fairy Tale Review , and include the much loved "Ever After," which was featured on NPR's "Selected Shorts."
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Good. in /Good. jacket. Size: 9x6x0; *1st Edition. GOOD/GOOD. White illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". 243pp. Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. White price sticker to front cover from previous store. Once Read Books, cover scan available-just ask, OnceReadBooks comOrders shipped via USPS.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. New. First printing. The dust jacket has a small closed tear at the top edge of the back panel. The jacket is in new mylar.
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NF in F jacket. Octavo. Decorative white boards quarterbound in a blue backstrip with shiny silver lettering on the spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight; pages all clean, white, and crisp. 243 pages. Dust Jacket has no discernable flaws. Very nice copy. Author of In the Box Called Pleasure, Little Beauties, and others.
