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Seasons of glass and iron : stories / Amal El-Mohtar.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction El-Mohtar Seasons
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El-Mohtar, Amal, Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Fiction.
- Women.
- Magic--Fiction.
- Magic.
- Genre:
- short stories.
- poetry.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Short stories.
- Epistolary fiction.
- Poetry.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 196 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [Hardcover edition]
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group, 2026
- Summary:
- Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar.With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose. Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories includes "Seasons of Glass and Iron," "The Green Book," "Madeleine," "The Lonely Sea in the Sky," "And Their Lips Rang with the Sun," "The Truth About Owls," "A Hollow Play," "Anabasis," "To Follow the Waves," "John Hollowback and the Witch," "Florilegia, or, Some Lies About Flowers," "Pockets," and more.
- "Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose. Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories includes 'Seasons of Glass and Iron,' 'The Green Book,' 'Madeleine,' 'The Lonely Sea in the Sky,' 'And Their Lips Rang with the Sun,' 'The Truth About Owls,' 'A Hollow Play,' 'Anabasis,' 'To Follow the Waves,' 'John Hollowback and the Witch,' 'Florilegia, or, Some Lies About Flowers,' 'Pockets,' and more." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Seasons of glass and iron
- The green book
- Madeleine
- The lonely sea in the sky
- Song for an ancient city
- And their lips rang with the sun
- A tale of ash in seven birds
- Qahr
- The truth about owls
- Wing
- A hollow play
- Thunderstorm in Glasgow, July 25, 2013
- Anabasis
- To follow the waves
- Pieces
- John Hollowback and the witch
- Florilegia; or, Some lies about flowers
- Pockets.
- Notes:
- The piece entitled in English: QAHR is translated into Arabic on facing pages (pages 82-85)
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781250341006
- 1250341000
- OCLC:
- 1572066420
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