Let Me Tell You Something About That Night

by Cyril Wong
Let Me Tell You Something About That Night
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6 ratings, 4.00 average rating, 2 reviews (more data...)
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June 2009 by Transit Lounge

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Hardcover, 207 pages

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9780980571714

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Be warned. Mothers should not read these stories to their children, even though they might contain a lonely elf, a talking moon, a butterfly that want…more


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Stephanie
Dec 03, 2009
Stephanie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2009
In The Lake Children, the opening story of poet Cyril Wong's first short story collection, a mother mourns her child who died falling through the icy surface of a lake. Later, having plunged into its depths herself, she calmly observes as her brittle body is consumed by the strange children who dwell there.

It is a testament to Wong's persuasive storytelling that this scene comes across not as one of destruction, but of healing, and it is this subversion of expectations that sets the ...more
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Jason Lundberg
Aug 29, 2009
Jason Lundberg rated it: 5 of 5 stars

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I gulped down this book over two days (the stories are all fairly short, and read quickly), and was quite taken with the fable-like style Wong has chosen to employ. It gives the stories a timeless quality, a deceptive simplicity that feels appropriate for children until the more subversive elements sneak up on you. Fans of Margo Lanagan's fiction would adore this book, and I think it could rightfully qualify as Young Adult in the US; American publishers should take note.
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Feb 26, 2010
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Dec 16, 2009
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Aug 01, 2009
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