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Paperback of "Magic for Beginners" by Random House Trade, featuring the book cover with magical illustrations.
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Paperback of "Magic for Beginners" by Random House Trade, featuring the book cover with magical illustrations.

Magic for Beginners

Random House Trade
Price:
$17.00

Description

From MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, an "eerie and engrossing" (The Washington Post), "dazzling" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of short stories

"[These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends, dreams and nightmares are made of."--Laura Miller, Salon, "Best Books of the Decade"

LOCUS AWARD WINNER - A TIME AND SEATTLE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

One of the most critically acclaimed collections of our time, Magic for Beginners is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity. These stories are at once ingenious and deeply moving. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated.

Includes an exclusive conversation between Kelly Link and Joe Hill

Author: Kelly Link
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 07/01/2014
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.12w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780812986518
ISBN10: 0812986512
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Science Fiction | General

About the Author
MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow Kelly Link is the author of the collections Get in Trouble, Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters. She and Gavin J. Grant have co-edited a number of anthologies, including multiple volumes of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and, for young adults, Monstrous Affections. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press. Her short stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She hasalso received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Link was born in Miami, Florida. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Northampton, Massachusetts.