{"product_id":"horse-flower-bird-paperback","title":"Horse, Flower, Bird - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRikki Ducornet\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these spare and elegant tales rings like a bell in your head. memorable, original, and not much like anything you've read.--Karen Joy Fowler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A strange and enchanting book, written in crisp, winning sentences; each story begs to be read aloud and savored.\"--Aimee Bender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorse, Flower, Bird\u003c\/i\u003e rests uneasily between the intersection of fantasy and reality, dreaming and wakefulness, and the sacred and profane. Like a series of beautiful but troubling dreams, this book will linger long in the memory. Kate Bernheimer is reinventing the fairy tale.--Peter Buck, R.E.M.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kate Bernheimer's familiar and spare--yet wondrous--world, an exotic dancer builds her own cage, a wife tends a secret basement menagerie, a fishmonger's daughter befriends a tulip bulb, and sisters explore cycles of love and violence by reenacting scenes from \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnthralling, subtle, and poetic, this collection takes readers back to the age-old pleasures of classic fairy tales and makes them new. Their haunting lessons are an evocative reminder that cracking open the door to the imagination is no mere child's play, that delight and tragedy lurk in every corner, and that we all have the key to the library . . . only be careful what you read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Bernheimer is the author of two novels and the children's book \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. She is also the editor of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and three anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming from Penguin in 2010). An Associate Professor and Writer in Residence at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette each spring, she spends the rest of the year in Tucson, Arizona. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn artist and fiction writer, Rikki Ducornet has illustrated books by Robert Coover, Jorge Luis Borges, Forrest Gander, and Joanna Howard. Her paintings have been exhibited widely, including, most recently, at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Salvador Allende Museum in Santiago, Chile.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 185\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.54 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701312229439,"sku":"9781566892476","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/67dbbe92ba2560b304c5f98c5c3a311e.webp?v=1765020154","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/horse-flower-bird-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}