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Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners
Author: Kelly Link, Shelley Jackson (Illustrator)
The nine stories in Link's second collection are the spitting image of those in her acclaimed debut, Stranger Things Happen: effervescent blends of quirky humor and pathos that transform stock themes of genre fiction into the stuff of delicate lyrical fantasy. In "Stone Animals," a house's haunting takes the unusual form of hor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156031875
ISBN-10: 0156031876
Publication Date: 9/5/2006
Pages: 297
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3.6 stars, based on 34 ratings
Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 4
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Helpful Score: 3
For my money, Kelly Link is the best American short story writer alive. Her creative and singular brand of speculative fiction leaves me literally breathless. The title story of this particular collection is mind-blowingly good. The fact that she isn't better known is shameful.
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Helpful Score: 1
For my money, Kelly Link is the best American short story writer alive. Her creative and singular brand of speculative fiction leaves me literally breathless. The title story of this particular collection is mind-blowingly good. The fact that she isn't better known is shameful.
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I enjoyed this collection of short stories in which the odd and familiar live side by side. Some of my favorite stories were "Catskin" and "Magic for Beginners."


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