Horse, Flower, Bird
Kate Bernheimer
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
3.50
· 6 ratings · 184 pages · Published: 24 Aug 2010
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 of eight tales takes readers back to the age-old pleasures of classic fairy tales and makes them new. Their haunting lessons are an evocative reminder that cracking open the door to the imagination is no mere child's play, and that delight and tragedy lurk in every corner.
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- fantasy 4
- contemporary 3
- magical realism 3
- fairy tales 3
- retellings 2
- literary fiction 2
- female mc 2
- folktales & legends 1
- low fantasy 1
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- format - reader age
- anthology 1
- adult fiction 1