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Horse, flower, bird : stories / Kate Bernheimer.

Van Pelt Library PS3602.E76 H67 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bernheimer, Kate.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fairy tales--Adaptations.
Fairy tales.
Genre:
Short stories.
Adaptations.
Physical Description:
185 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2010.
Summary:
In Kate Bernheimer's familiar and spare--yet wondrous--world, an exotic dancer builds her own cage, a wife tends a secret basement menagerie, a fishmonger's daughter befriends a tulip bulb, and sisters explore cycles of love and violence by reenacting scenes from Star Wars. Enthralling, subtle, and poetic, this collection takes readers back to the age-old pleasures of classic fairy tales and makes them new--Cover.
Contents:
A cuckoo tale
A tulip's tale
A doll's tale
A petting zoo tale
A cageling tale
A Garibaldi tale
A Star Wars tale
Whitework.
ISBN:
9781566892476
1566892473
OCLC:
601125129

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