Bibliograph

Get in trouble, stories, Kelly Link

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Label

Get in trouble, stories, Kelly Link

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Get in trouble

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kelly Link

Sub title

stories

Summary

She has been hailed by Michael Chabon as "the most darkly playful voice in American fiction"; by Neil Gaiman as "a national treasure"; and by Karen Russell as "Franz Kafka with a better understanding of ladies' footwear and bad first dates." Now Kelly Link's eagerly awaited new collection--her first for adult readers in a decade--proves indelibly that this bewitchingly original writer is among the finest we have. Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In "The Summer People," a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In "I Can See Right Through You," a middle-aged movie star takes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on-..

Table Of Contents

The summer people -- I can see right through you -- Origin story -- Secret identity -- Valley of the girls -- The new boyfriend -- Light -- Houses

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Creator