false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171487706m/102878.jpg 102878 1 Widely praised and widely read, Elizabeth Hand is regarded as one of America's leading literary fantasists. This new collection (an expansion of the limited-release Bibliomancy, which won the World Fantasy Award in 2005) showcases a wildly inventive author at the height of her powers. Included in this collection are "The Least Trumps," in which a lonely women reaches out to the world through symbols, tattooing, and the Tarot, and "Pavane for a Prince of the Air," where neo-pagan rituals bring a recently departed soul to something very different than eternal rest. Written in the author's characteristic poetic prose and rich with the details of traumatic lives that are luminously transformed, Saffron and Brimstone is a worthy addition to an outstanding career. 99187 27 12 2006 Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories total:105|5:33|4:49|3:16|2:6|1:1| 105 422 179 25 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 08:25:24 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 08:32:42 -0700 2007 Waking the Moon, Mortal Love, Generation Loss, but most of these stories are deeply affecting forays into the spaces where magic makes its presence felt. Nothing airy, fragile, or precious here - words that I would usually associate wit...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 18:12:25 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 18:18:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 20:15:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:13:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:44:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 14:45:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 09:02:43 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 07:31:40 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 08:05:54 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 08:09:35 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Nov 02 23:35:31 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 15:11:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 13:00:55 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 08:05:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:31:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:33:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 17:06:48 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 15:05:33 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Aug 02 15:09:52 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 10 16:40:25 -0800 2009 Bibliomancy before, and felt a rush of pleasure at how affecting I still find each of them. Liz Hand remains one of my favorite writers for the sheer raw beauty she injects into the world with the creation of her own. These stories are often rich t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 22 12:30:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 12:32:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 14 18:42:32 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 15:28:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 23 06:53:52 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 06:54:14 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:04:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 20:45:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 30 22:03:19 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 13:17:09 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:03:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 08 22:39:59 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:35:46 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 22:39:59 -0700 2008
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