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false <![CDATA[Magic for Beginners]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170652861m/66657.jpg 66657 6 Magic for Beginners is Kelly Link's eagerly anticipated and critically acclaimed follow-up to her beloved debut, Stranger Things Happen. “Cumulatively weirder and wiser” (The Believer), this new story collection riffs on zombies, marriage, witches, superheroes, haunted convenience stores, and weekly apocalyptic poker parties, among other things. Link's work is truly unique. Time Out New York called her stories “cross-genre gems,” and her admirers in the literary community—from Peter Straub and Karen Joy Fowler to Alice Sebold and Michael Chabon—reflect the amazing range that makes her style so special. Call it kitchen sink magical realism: Fantastic and bizarre but funny and down to earth, there is something for everyone in Magic for Beginners. 649937 book 2005 Magic for Beginners total:1191|5:454|4:453|3:204|2:62|1:18| 1191 4836 1870 230 3 5 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Dec 05 19:38:08 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 19:40:34 -0800 2007
For example, take the two stories in this collection that I had read previou...more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu May 31 17:39:09 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 11:54:32 -0700 2007
Kelly Link is herself no stranger to the bizarre,
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The thing about these stories--the frustrating, beautiful thing--is that they are not merely hard to understand. They resist all efforts to un...more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 27 06:49:13 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 04 19:13:15 -0800 2008 Magic for Beginners collection. Pretty awesome. A lot of “coming of age” stuff and adolescent themes. But beyond charming and cute. Insightful and provocative. And sexy in that “I just found out what sexy is” sort of way. Highlights include “The Faery Handbag” (makes you b...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 02:05:19 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 21:43:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Sun Aug 17 11:49:07 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 11:56:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 15 07:54:05 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 12:21:16 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Apr 15 05:53:13 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 05:53:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 19:14:09 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 23:07:54 -0700 2008 all are read-worthy. That is not a compliment I would give many one-author short story anthologies, most of which resemble pop albums -- a few notew...more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 25 15:38:32 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 18:04:35 -0700 2008
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Here's me trying to explain one of the stories to my wife: "You see there's this convenience store next to a place called the Ausible Chasm, where zombies live. The zombies come into the...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 08 07:01:39 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 25 06:59:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:22:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:38:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:59:58 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 17:22:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 17 19:48:50 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 07:01:54 -0700 2009
MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS
by Kelly Link
Small Beer Press
$30.00 Hardcover
273 pages
ISBN: 1-931520-15-1

Review by Ursula Pflug

800 WORDS ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 21:47:23 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 22:01:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:10:03 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:09:19 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 02:55:06 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 10:07:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:35:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:35:33 -0800 2009 The stories-within-stories feel of Magic for Beginners, not to mention its absurdist magical realism, left some critics feeling alienated. Nor could many place Link (Stranger Things Happen) in a precise literary niche. Yet all agree that Link's imagination is a plausible, even powerful, force. Even ...

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