Portable Childhoods
by:
Ellen Klages (author)
Neil Gaiman (author)
Emerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood. Mysticism, heroism, cruelty, and compassion thread through these multifaceted tales—which range...
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Emerging from a unique and powerful voice, this innovative collection offers a tantalizing glimpse of what lies hidden just beyond the ordinary, skirting the border between childhood and adulthood. Mysticism, heroism, cruelty, and compassion thread through these multifaceted tales—which range from the origins of the Manhattan Project to a culinary object-lesson, from 1950s corruption to a slight glitch in Creation. Collected here for the first time and including an excerpt from her breakout first novel The Green Glass Sea, these stories are timeless and delightful, chilling and beautiful.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781892391452 (1892391457)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Pages no: 210
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Adult Fiction,
Anthologies,
Speculative Fiction,
Collections,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Glbt,
Queer
My favorite story might be "In the House of Seven Librarians," in which a young girl is raised in a magic, completely closed off library.
Exquisite short stories, most of which are from the point of view of a young girl. Not the same young girl, but very distinct, very real young girls. I adored Klages' YA novel The Green Glass Sea, and I adore these short stories. All are masterfully crafted, some teeter over into breathtaking. Highl...
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