|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: A.A. BalaskovitsPublisher: Santa Fe Writer's Project Imprint: Santa Fe Writer's Project Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.163kg ISBN: 9781951631130ISBN 10: 1951631137 Pages: 154 Publication Date: 01 October 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"Praise for the author's last book, Magic for Unlucky Girls : "" Magic for Unlucky Girls is that rarest of things: a book that doesn't remind me of anything else I've read A wonderful, truly original work."" Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven ""A new bride is faced with her husband's mysterious locked door. Twin infants finally wake their mother from a century of sleep. One woman finds that her prince adores her perfect hair, but abhors any other flaws. These 14 stories spins new twists on familiar fairy-tale tropes with heroines who take control of their situations. The darkness that could destroy them is vanquished through brains, beauty, and the light of their own souls. VERDICT Winner of the 2015 Santa Fe Literary Awards Program, Balaskovits's anthology breathes fresh life into classic fairy tales. Readers who enjoy short fiction with a fantastical bent should pick up this award-winning book."" Library Journal ""The mundane and bizarre walk hand in handor sometimes run around, setting fire to everything in their pathin Balaskovits's stories about girls and women thrust into strange circumstances. A mysterious unspeaking man with apparent superpowers becomes the hope of a city wracked by earthquakes in 'Put Back Together Again.' The alchemist of 'Suburban Alchemy' learns that being a master of the changeable art doesn't mean he can cope with the changes in his tween daughter. A woman takes her ailing grandfather to Israel in search of an old family story that may be about her in 'The Ibex Girl of Qumran.' The evils of strict religion and abuse lead a group of desperate girls to try to escape through a sacrifice in 'Bloody Mary.' There isn't a single tired trope herein fact, there are few familiar elements at allso readers looking for something askew from any fantasy they've read before will want to get to know the unlucky but determined girls of Balaskovits's stories."" Publishers Weekly ""To say that the stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls are unsettling is an understatement. In these tales, A. A. Balaskovits has created characters and worlds we think we know, and then destroys our expectations-unflinchingly, with no gory or sordid detail spared, and often with alarming violence. Yet, despite kicking us out of our collective comfort zone, these stories go down like pleasant poison, with language that moves seamlessly between brutal starkness and hypnotic lyricism. Balaskovits takes the stories that form the core of us from childhood and reshapes them into something dark and unfamiliar. Magic For Unlucky Girls is a bold debut from a bold author, and make no mistakethese are stories that matter, and that will stick with you long after you've read them."" William Jablonsky, author of The Indestructible Man: Stories and The Clockwork Man ""In this reimagining and reinventing of traditional, patriarchal fairy tales, Balaskovits creates a safeand often startlingspace for girls and women in her book of short stories. Each story varies in length, but a high level of intensity and emotional depth is maintained throughout. Some of the stories will sound familiar to most, borrowing and twisting the tragic fables we already know so well, but many turn the Brothers Grimm formula on its head by conceiving of a fantasy world where women and girls fill the key roles. Although theme, location, and time change from story to story, the book overall makes an intentional point to represent a diverse array of women and girls in assorted stages of life. Readers' connections to Balaskovits' characters will range anywhere from empathy to agony to loathing, but they will be able to relate to at least one story. This book is for every young girl and adult woman who have ever been told a story that intentionally left them out."" Booklist ""In this weirdly wonderful collection, Balaskovits takes old, familiar archetypes and turns them on their heads, giving an extra spin for good measure. Not your great-grandmother's fireside tales, these stories are slyly comedic one moment, viscerally horrifying the next, and evermore gorgeously eerie."" Lenore Hart, series editor, The Night Bazaar and The Night Bazaar Venice ""... addictive... You might run into the kinds of things you'd have thought were consigned to the darkness of your unremembered dreams. If you're like me, you'll be wowing quietly after the reading is done. Read this, people! Read!"" Scott Garson, author of Is That You, John Wayne?" Praise for the author's last book, Magic for Unlucky Girls : Magic for Unlucky Girls is that rarest of things: a book that doesn't remind me of anything else I've read A wonderful, truly original work. Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven A new bride is faced with her husband's mysterious locked door. Twin infants finally wake their mother from a century of sleep. One woman finds that her prince adores her perfect hair, but abhors any other flaws. These 14 stories spins new twists on familiar fairy-tale tropes with heroines who take control of their situations. The darkness that could destroy them is vanquished through brains, beauty, and the light of their own souls. VERDICT Winner of the 2015 Santa Fe Literary Awards Program, Balaskovits's anthology breathes fresh life into classic fairy tales. Readers who enjoy short fiction with a fantastical bent should pick up this award-winning book. Library Journal The mundane and bizarre walk hand in handor sometimes run around, setting fire to everything in their pathin Balaskovits's stories about girls and women thrust into strange circumstances. A mysterious unspeaking man with apparent superpowers becomes the hope of a city wracked by earthquakes in 'Put Back Together Again.' The alchemist of 'Suburban Alchemy' learns that being a master of the changeable art doesn't mean he can cope with the changes in his tween daughter. A woman takes her ailing grandfather to Israel in search of an old family story that may be about her in 'The Ibex Girl of Qumran.' The evils of strict religion and abuse lead a group of desperate girls to try to escape through a sacrifice in 'Bloody Mary.' There isn't a single tired trope herein fact, there are few familiar elements at allso readers looking for something askew from any fantasy they've read before will want to get to know the unlucky but determined girls of Balaskovits's stories. Publishers Weekly To say that the stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls are unsettling is an understatement. In these tales, A. A. Balaskovits has created characters and worlds we think we know, and then destroys our expectations-unflinchingly, with no gory or sordid detail spared, and often with alarming violence. Yet, despite kicking us out of our collective comfort zone, these stories go down like pleasant poison, with language that moves seamlessly between brutal starkness and hypnotic lyricism. Balaskovits takes the stories that form the core of us from childhood and reshapes them into something dark and unfamiliar. Magic For Unlucky Girls is a bold debut from a bold author, and make no mistakethese are stories that matter, and that will stick with you long after you've read them. William Jablonsky, author of The Indestructible Man: Stories and The Clockwork Man In this reimagining and reinventing of traditional, patriarchal fairy tales, Balaskovits creates a safeand often startlingspace for girls and women in her book of short stories. Each story varies in length, but a high level of intensity and emotional depth is maintained throughout. Some of the stories will sound familiar to most, borrowing and twisting the tragic fables we already know so well, but many turn the Brothers Grimm formula on its head by conceiving of a fantasy world where women and girls fill the key roles. Although theme, location, and time change from story to story, the book overall makes an intentional point to represent a diverse array of women and girls in assorted stages of life. Readers' connections to Balaskovits' characters will range anywhere from empathy to agony to loathing, but they will be able to relate to at least one story. This book is for every young girl and adult woman who have ever been told a story that intentionally left them out. Booklist In this weirdly wonderful collection, Balaskovits takes old, familiar archetypes and turns them on their heads, giving an extra spin for good measure. Not your great-grandmother's fireside tales, these stories are slyly comedic one moment, viscerally horrifying the next, and evermore gorgeously eerie. Lenore Hart, series editor, The Night Bazaar and The Night Bazaar Venice ... addictive... You might run into the kinds of things you'd have thought were consigned to the darkness of your unremembered dreams. If you're like me, you'll be wowing quietly after the reading is done. Read this, people! Read! Scott Garson, author of Is That You, John Wayne? Praise for the author's last book, Magic for Unlucky Girls : Magic for Unlucky Girls is that rarest of things: a book that doesn't remind me of anything else I've read A wonderful, truly original work. Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven A new bride is faced with her husband's mysterious locked door. Twin infants finally wake their mother from a century of sleep. One woman finds that her prince adores her perfect hair, but abhors any other flaws. These 14 stories spins new twists on familiar fairy-tale tropes with heroines who take control of their situations. The darkness that could destroy them is vanquished through brains, beauty, and the light of their own souls. VERDICT Winner of the 2015 Santa Fe Literary Awards Program, Balaskovits's anthology breathes fresh life into classic fairy tales. Readers who enjoy short fiction with a fantastical bent should pick up this award-winning book. Library Journal The mundane and bizarre walk hand in handor sometimes run around, setting fire to everything in their pathin Balaskovits's stories about girls and women thrust into strange circumstances. A mysterious unspeaking man with apparent superpowers becomes the hope of a city wracked by earthquakes in 'Put Back Together Again.' The alchemist of 'Suburban Alchemy' learns that being a master of the changeable art doesn't mean he can cope with the changes in his tween daughter. A woman takes her ailing grandfather to Israel in search of an old family story that may be about her in 'The Ibex Girl of Qumran.' The evils of strict religion and abuse lead a group of desperate girls to try to escape through a sacrifice in 'Bloody Mary.' There isn't a single tired trope herein fact, there are few familiar elements at allso readers looking for something askew from any fantasy they've read before will want to get to know the unlucky but determined girls of Balaskovits's stories. Publishers Weekly To say that the stories in Magic For Unlucky Girls are unsettling is an understatement. In these tales, A. A. Balaskovits has created characters and worlds we think we know, and then destroys our expectations-unflinchingly, with no gory or sordid detail spared, and often with alarming violence. Yet, despite kicking us out of our collective comfort zone, these stories go down like pleasant poison, with language that moves seamlessly between brutal starkness and hypnotic lyricism. Balaskovits takes the stories that form the core of us from childhood and reshapes them into something dark and unfamiliar. Magic For Unlucky Girls is a bold debut from a bold author, and make no mistakethese are stories that matter, and that will stick with you long after you've read them. William Jablonsky, author of The Indestructible Man: Stories and The Clockwork Man In this reimagining and reinventing of traditional, patriarchal fairy tales, Balaskovits creates a safeand often startlingspace for girls and women in her book of short stories. Each story varies in length, but a high level of intensity and emotional depth is maintained throughout. Some of the stories will sound familiar to most, borrowing and twisting the tragic fables we already know so well, but many turn the Brothers Grimm formula on its head by conceiving of a fantasy world where women and girls fill the key roles. Although theme, location, and time change from story to story, the book overall makes an intentional point to represent a diverse array of women and girls in assorted stages of life. Readers' connections to Balaskovits' characters will range anywhere from empathy to agony to loathing, but they will be able to relate to at least one story. This book is for every young girl and adult woman who have ever been told a story that intentionally left them out. Booklist Author InformationA.A. Balaskovits is the author of Magic for Unlucky Girls and Strange Folk You'll Never Meet (SFWP). Her work has been published in Best Small Fictions, Indiana Review, The Missouri Review, Story and many others. Find her on Twitter @aabalaskovits and at aabalaskovits.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |