The Fifty-Year Sword
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781908885999 (1908885998)
Publish date: January 30th 2014
Publisher: Cargo Publishing
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Poetry,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Ghosts
If you enter into this book expecting a novel, or something as intricate as House of Leaves, you are going to be disappointed. The size of the book is deceptive until you open it and see the sparing amount of text per page, and how 50% of the pages are reserved for art. I think this, more than anyth...
Danielewski always impresses me, but I wasn’t going to buy this in hardcover until I saw it signed at the Brookline Booksmith. Yes, please! I’m so happy I got it, because I haven’t seen a paperback yet and it is amazing. I was hesitant to spend so much money on it, because while I love House of...
Artful, interesting, spooky.
2.5 starsSo, a lot of the time while I was reading this I wasn't even following. I like the idea of the sword (I don't want to go into detail for fear of spoiling), but I feel like the execution of the story needed a little more--or a lot more--work. I have no doubt in my mind this would be a good s...
I really enjoyed this. Not only is it fun to read, the author does what he does best with his unique writing style. This reads like poetry and is mixed with the back of cross stitching making it literary art. I can see why many people would be frustrated reading this, but knowing ahead of time the u...
10 years ago
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