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false <![CDATA[Willful Creatures]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170315603m/46205.jpg 46205 4 Aimee Bender’s <i>Willful Creatures </i>conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman’s children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of surrealism, musical prose, and keenly felt emotion, Bender once again proves herself to be a masterful chronicler of the human condition. 2386 2005 Willful Creatures total:941|5:315|4:395|3:186|2:39|1:6| 941 3797 1343 143 4 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 08:18:23 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 20:35:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 19:22:50 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 13:37:11 -0700 2007
So with Bender. Of course the cover has a picture of a little man in a cage - that's what happens...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:23:50 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:34:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:35:41 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:35:41 -0800 2009 "Surreal," "bizarre," and "outlandish" appear frequently in descriptions of Bender's stories, most culled from prestigious literary magazines. Despite their unreal premises, these stories rarely fail to connect with readers emotionally. Her characters are often both dis...

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$22.95 – 208 pages

The man went to the pet store to buy himself a little man to keep him company. The pet store was full of dogs with splotches and shy cats coy and the friendly people got dogs and the in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:51:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 19:17:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:09:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:20:21 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 29 12:57:23 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 12:57:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false true Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:20:56 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:30:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:42:33 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 04 10:49:42 -0700 2009 tells stories. They are fantastic and weird and surreal, but they also tell us something about actual life, which I think is the olde...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 19 11:24:17 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 04:24:45 -0700 2008
It's true. I don't. But I do like to mention books I've enjoyed, and I've not enjoyed anything more than Willful Creatures, by Aimee Bender in a long time.

So where to start? Well, the book's a collection of short stories, fifteen in all. And they're f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 13:23:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 12:28:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 21:34:35 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 21:53:52 -0700 2008
1) A boy with an iron for a head is born into a family of pumpkinheads. Dea...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 01 13:01:17 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 13:01:35 -0700 2008
honestly, the stories from part I terrified me in ways that i can’t even articulate. i could onl...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 23:47:02 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 15:34:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 07:53:44 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 13:46:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 24 10:53:56 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 25 12:47:50 -0800 2007
But I don't know what it is...maybe I am outgrowing B...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:42:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 20:12:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:44:42 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 01:13:31 -0800 2008 End of the Line: ****-
Off: ***--
The Meeting: **---
Debbieland: ***--
Motherfucker: ***--
Fruit and Words: ***--
Jinx: **---
I Will Pick Out Your Ribs (From My Teeth): ***--
Ironhead: ****-
Job’s Jobs: ***--
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