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The Drowned Life - Jeffrey Ford
The Drowned Life
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There is a town that brews a strange intoxicant from a rare fruit called the deathberry—and once a year a handful of citizens are selected to drink it. . . . There is a life lived beneath the water—among rotted buildings and bloated corpses—by those so overburdened by the world's demands that... show more
There is a town that brews a strange intoxicant from a rare fruit called the deathberry—and once a year a handful of citizens are selected to drink it. . . . There is a life lived beneath the water—among rotted buildings and bloated corpses—by those so overburdened by the world's demands that they simply give up and go under. . . . In this mesmerizing blend of the familiar and the fantastic, multiple award-winning New York Times notable author Jeffrey Ford creates true wonders and infuses the mundane with magic. In tales marked by his distinctive, dark imagery and fluid, exhilarating prose, he conjures up an annual gale that transforms the real into the impossible, invents a strange scribble that secretly unites a significant portion of society, and spins the myriad dreams of a restless astronaut and his alien lover. Bizarre, beautiful, unsettling, and sublime, The Drowned Life showcases the exceptional talents of one of contemporary fiction's most original artists.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780061435065 (0061435066)
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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javajunco
javajunco rated it
4.0 The Drowned Life
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Barrita
Barrita rated it
Me gusta el estilo de Jeffrey Ford. Es extraño y desconcertante a veces, pero sus historias son tan vívidas que a veces uno no sabe de donde salieron los elementos tan poco comunes de repente. Fantástico, retorcido y gracioso, este libro invita a la imaginación.
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it
"Ariadne's Mother" - A beautiful, spare piece of flash fiction about the lies love can lead us to tell ourselves.
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