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Philosophie thinly clothed, and other stories / Heather Folsom.
LIBRA Special PS3606.O47 P48 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Folsom, Heather.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 251 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Cadmus Editions, 2003.
- Summary:
- The title of the book refers to its content and thrust: relevant moral dilemmas presented as fictional tales. In the title story, the character Philosophie comes down from her mountain retreat to help a city which has gone morally astray. She finds that her innocent nudity is not welcome, and discovers a way to utilize clothing in order to further her task. With a beautifully minimalist prose style, Folsom's writing conveys similarities to Kafka's short stories or Aesop's fables, yet updated for the 21st century. Her engrossing allegories explore contemporary themes such as freedom, privacy, and violence, as well as the enduring problems of obsession, guilt, mortality, and pride. The book contains forty-two utterly original stories, ranging in length from five paragraphs to twenty-three pages.
- Contents:
- House of inspection
- Above the gorge
- Jeweler
- Wonderful cart
- White tortoise
- Rat suit
- Heroine
- Watcher
- Necessary hijrah
- Monument
- Sleeve
- Green camp
- Foreign woman
- Doorkeeper
- Fulfillment
- I am a Roman slave
- M
- Model farmer
- Magic dust
- Last criminal
- Mirrorist
- Shame and a pity
- Biographers
- Good doctor
- Mammae potentēs
- Fog
- Guardian of the perimeter
- Paying attention
- Triumphant one
- Metal
- Feast on the plain
- Jumping
- Love and peace
- Old composer
- Farmer
- Lion tamer
- Headmistress
- Among volcanoes
- Oxcart wheel
- Sand
- Object of desire
- Philosophie, thinly clothed.
- Notes:
- "This first edition of 'Philosophie Thinly Clothed' has been printed and bound by McNaughton & Gunn. Text composed and set in Baskerville. Design by Jeffrey Miller."
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is an Advance Review Copy.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Folsom, Heather. Philosophie thinly clothed, and other stories.
- ISBN:
- 0932274609
- 9780932274601
- OCLC:
- 52043678
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