| Continent: Stories Contributor(s): Crace, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062662406 ISBN-13: 9780062662408 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Art of the Story |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.20 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jim Crace's imaginative first book, seven linked stories, now available in a deluxe paperback edition in Ecco's The Art of the Story Series "Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful" --the New York Times Jim Crace's internationally acclaimed first book explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape: "Talking Skull" takes the reader to a tiny agricultural village renowned for the sexually-charged, mystical milk of its calves; "Electricity" introduces a remote flatland region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town's attitude toward modernization. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace's invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crace, Jim: - Jim Crace is the author of Continent, The Gift of Stones, and Arcadia. He has won the Whitbread First Novel Prize, the David Higham Prize, and the Guardian Fiction Award. He lives in Birmingham, England. |