false 66137374 101089 3973532 0553385763 9780553385762 73 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081312m/3973532.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081312s/3973532.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3973532.Palimpsest 3.76 185 In the Cities of Coin and Spice and In the Night Garden introduced readers to the unique and intoxicating imagination of Catherynne M. Valente. Now she weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger’s kiss.…

Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse—a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They’ve each lost something important—a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life—and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.]]> 338705 4.08 1010 319 2009 0 0 false Tue Aug 04 08:08:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:08:24 -0700 2009