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Read [Holly Phillips Book] ^ In the Palace of Repose Online # PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. In the Palace of Repose A slow start is redeemed by some beautiful stories, but none of them are must-reads. Moderately recommended Juushika Nine stories of the magic that hovers at the edges of the known word, In the Palace of Repose ranges from a girl found in a fairy's palace to a homeless woman invited to magical masked balls, united by quiet storytelling and unique magic. Many of the stories are unremarkable, but the best--"One of the Hungry Ones" w. A jewel of a book B. Kajer-Crain As a rule, short fiction doesn'
| Title | : | In the Palace of Repose |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 189481570X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
A slow start is redeemed by some beautiful stories, but none of them are must-reads. Moderately recommended Juushika Nine stories of the magic that hovers at the edges of the known word, In the Palace of Repose ranges from a girl found in a fairy's palace to a homeless woman invited to magical masked balls, united by quiet storytelling and unique magic. Many of the stories are unremarkable, but the best--"One of the Hungry Ones" w. A jewel of a book B. Kajer-Crain As a rule, short fiction doesn't interest me much. I prefer novels - there's more time for the detailed development of plot, character, theme, etc. I also enjoy genre-bending fiction. So when I read the fly leaf of this book, I wasn't too thrilled about it being a collection of short stories, but I was willing to gi. almost 5 stars R. Baldwin I thoroughly enjoyed these stories, and they've stayed with me long after I finished the book. It's undoubtedly worth reading. Phillips explores interesting ideas with well-written fiction. The title story and "Summer Ice" were especially enjoyable. They're a bit fairy tale (which I guess is why Amazon kept telling
Likewise in "Pen and Ink," "A Woman's Bones" and "By the Light of Tomorrow's Sun," the main character must discover the fate of a forebear before she may define her place in the world. In the title story and "The Other Grace," characters must deal with the unalterable changes caused when dream and reality diverge. . "Summer Ice" and "Variations on a Theme" detail the efforts of artists to find completion in their lives and work. Similarly, in "The New Ecology" and "One of the Hungry Ones," runaway girls learn that safety is relative and the easiest route is seldom the safest. From Publishers Weekly This collection of nine fantasy and slipstream short stories from Canadian author Phillips, her first book, offers a neat package of
Some triumph, some tragically fail. Most struggle on beyond the boundaries of their stories, carrying their wonders and horrors into their lives, into their worlds-worlds, and lives, startlingly like our own.. 'The essential Holly Phillips story begins like this: In a world that felt too little, there lived a girl who saw too much.'-Sean Stewart In the Palace of Repose is a collection of nine such stories, ranging from the delightfully fantastic 'In the Palace of Repose,' to the delicately horrific 'One of the Hungry Ones,' to the hauntingly literary 'The Other Grace.' Here indeed are young women, and young men, who have seen too much, and who have been abandoned to wrestle alone with the strange, the wonderful, the terrifying
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