The Book of Flying
by:
Keith Miller (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781573222495 (1573222496)
Publish date: January 26th 2004
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Writing,
Book Club,
Books About Books,
Romance,
Adult,
Fairy Tales,
Magical Realism
It's like The Neverending Story meets Neverwhere. It's creepy and eloquent. Pico's the new Odysseus.
The prose is full of alliteration, metaphor, simile and stimulating, visual, evocative imagery and language. But it is also utterly lacking in substance and meaning. There is a preoccupation with naked women and "making love" in each story and ultimately I found it a prettily empty piece and not som...
This is my new favorite book. I simply can't think of any book that compares to it. Strangely, I found a hard back version of the book for $1 at the local dollar store which is not a place you normally think you're going to find the book that you fall in love with. The Book of Flying is an adult fa...
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