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Quentin S. & Mark Samuels (foreword) Crisp
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MORBID TALES |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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226 |
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2004-05-27 |
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187262183X |
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Tartarus Press |
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1.63 pounds |
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6.46 x 9.45 x 1.1 inches |
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1st |
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Product Description
In these eight immaculately realised strange stories, Quentin S. Crisp delves deep into the decadence of contemporary life. The fresh originality of the tales and their settings: an English country garden in 'Cousin X'; contemporary Japan in 'A Lake': is matched by the elegance of the writing. They are unified, perhaps, by a yearning for the achingly perfect, ecstatic moment. As Mark Samuels points out in his Foreword, Crisp's fiction is '. . . too multi-layered, too individual, to be labelled. One can spot influences here and there, a dash of this and a sprinkling of that, but the end result is much greater than the sum of its parts.'
Contains:
Foreword
The Mermaid
Far-Off Things
Cousin X
A Lake
The Two-Timer
The Tattooist
Ageless
Autumn Colours.
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