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Download ^ McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories PDF by * Chabon, Michael (EDT)/ Mignola, Michael (EDT) eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories Michael Chabon is back with a brand-new collection that reinvigorates the stay-up-all-night, edge-of-the seat, fingernail-biting, page-turning tradition of literary short stories, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Roddy Doyle, and more!Margaret Atwood- Lusus NaturaeDavid Mitchell- What You Do Not Know You WantJonathan Lethem- Vivian RelfAyelet Waldman - MinnowSteve Erickson- ZerovilleStephen King- Lisey and the MadmanJason Rob
| Title | : | McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (955 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400078741 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
Michael Chabon is back with a brand-new collection that reinvigorates the stay-up-all-night, edge-of-the seat, fingernail-biting, page-turning tradition of literary short stories, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Roddy Doyle, and more!Margaret Atwood- Lusus NaturaeDavid Mitchell- What You Do Not Know You WantJonathan Lethem- Vivian RelfAyelet Waldman - MinnowSteve Erickson- ZerovilleStephen King- Lisey and the MadmanJason Roberts - 7CHeidi Julavits- The MiniaturistRoddy Doyle - The ChildDaniel Handler - DelmonicoCharles D’Ambrosio - The Scheme of ThingsPoppy Z. Aickman’s Air Rifle. Brite
"Tremendous collection of short stories" according to Amazon Customer. In his excellent introduction to "McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories", Michael Chabon decries what one might call the "genre-fication" of modern literature. He quite rightly points out that there is romance in the fantastic, science fiction in the literary, mystery in romance, etc., etc. It is therefore the stated ambition of this collection to gather authors who would otherwise not be lined up side by side, in an effort to blur these distinctions of genre, and introduce the reader to new styles and authors. I am glad to report that the result is spectacularly successful. While there is no connection betwe. great anthology The reason I nought this book is Stephen King's "Lisey and the Madman," a novella that is (so the buzz insists, at least) actually an excerpt from a novel King has recently finished but has not decided yet to publish in full. Well, I for one hope that the entire novel is available at some point. This excerpt demonstrates again that King's writing style is simply getting better, without sacrificing a jot of the storytelling skill.The best of the rest of the stories are Jonathan Lethem's "Vivian Relf," Peter Straub's "Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle," and Poppy Z. Brite's "The Devil of Delery Street." But there isn't a bad story in t. Very few gems in this collection So with a title like "Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories" one is whisked away to the days of pulp writers, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, and H.P. Lovecraft. However you are in for a big disappointment. This book has more flops than gems, sad to say most of the stories downright suck. I'm not sure when it became popular to start writing plot less stories but that's exactly how some of them will read. Once I finished reading them I was tempted to go back thinking, "Did I miss something?" On the contrary, this book is hardly an enchanted chamber of astonishing stories, but a decent volume of worthless, ho-hum reading.
All rights reserved. Stephen King's "Lisey and the Madman" is full of engaging detail and feeling. . Atwood offers a fantastical tale of a human "lusus naturae" (freak of nature) who suffers from a nameless disease that results in yellow eyes, red fingernails and fangs—how does such a creature fit into a family? Jonathan Lethem's charming "Vivian Relf," which concerns two strangers who seem familiar to each other and who continue to cross each others' paths, is a kind of love story, but there are also tales creepy (Jason Roberts's "7C") and strange (China Miéville's "Reports of Cer
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