Novelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction by John Crowley

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  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Pub. Date: April 2004
  • ISBN-13: 9780641837067
  • 336pp
  • Series: Harper Perennial
  • Edition Description: Bargain
  • Edition Number: 1
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Synopsis

A master literary stylist, John Crowley has carried readers to diverse and remarkable places in his award-winning, critically acclaimed novels -- from his classic fable, Little, Big, to his New York Times Notable Book, The Translator. Now, for the first time, all of his short fiction has been collected in one volume, demonstrating the scope, the vision, and the wonder of one of America's greatest storytellers. Courage and achievement are celebrated and questioned, paradoxes examined, and human frailty appreciated in fifteen tales, at once lyrical and provocative, ranging from the fantastic to the achingly real. Be it a tale of an expulsion from Eden, a journey through time, the dreams of a failed writer, or a dead woman's ambiguous legacy, each story in Novelties & Souvenirs is a glorious reading experience, offering delights to be savored ... and remembered.

The New York Times - John Hartl

John Crowley's range is remarkable. This addictive collection includes a twisted Hansel-and-Gretel tale about a pair of lost 12th-century children, a mystery about mummified Egyptian cats whose influence may defy the grave, a cautionary portrait of benign aliens and a Garden of Eden story presented from the perspective of a nightingale. All are told with style and authority.

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Biography

John Crowley is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. He lives in the hills above the Connecticut River in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters. His critically acclaimed works include DÆmonomania, Love & Sleep, Ægypt, The Translator, and, most recently, Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land.

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