The Third Elevator

by Aimee Bender, Marnie Weber

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18 ratings, 4.28 average rating, 5 reviews (more data...)

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September 2007

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Paperback

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1934500100 (isbn13: 9781934500101)

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Jun 22, 2008

oriana rated it:

bookshelves: read-2008

Read in September, 2008

after: As far as I understand, this is a small booklet that went along with an art exhibit, where people did art and then other people wrote stories about (or incorporating) the art. My amazing bookfriend Josh actually called the gallery that put on the show and scored the last two copies of this for himself and me.

But this is much more important: Aimee Bender is basically my hero. It almost hurts how much I love her. When she tells you that a swan and a bluebird fall in love and giv...more

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Nov 16, 2009

Fred rated it:

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I picked up this little book at a recent reading by Aimee Bender. Brookline-based Madras Press produced this and three other small books to publish lengthier short stories as inexpensive gift-format paperbacks. A portion of the proceeds from each goes to the author's charity of choice. They have only local distribution, so those outside the Boston area should order through the press's Web site.

I enjoyed this odd fairy tale, probably more so because I enjoyed hearing the author read t...more

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Nov 12, 2008

Stephen rated it:

This book is so hard to get! I even contacted the publisher, who is evidently some guy out of Oakland, so that we could get some into my bookstore, and the guy told me he would send me an invoice and work with me on getting a shipment of these, and then I never heard from him again. What a pain! Especially because this is Aimee Bender at her best, and when she's at her best there's just nothing better. Set down in her magical, fairytale style prose, the story itself is hard to describe, but some...more

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Dec 29, 2009

megan rated it:

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Read in December, 2009

normally i love aimee bender stories madly and thoroughly. this story i felt was, despite its magical absurdism and overall weirdness, strangely dull. especially for aimee bender.

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Oct 05, 2008

Imogen rated it:

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Read in November, 2009

I finally got to read this thing! It's over at the Madras Press website for six bucks now, which is nice, because before I got to read this my life was like, I am a Trivial Pursuit cake with five little wedges, eternally going round and round the board, unable to get ahold of the sixth wedge. But now I have it. I win!

'Cause seriously, what am I even going to tell you about an Aimee Bender story? It's a fairy tale about miners, loggers, a swan, a runty bluebird and some other people ...more

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