false 67510482 88576 3973532 0553385763 9780553385762 74 <![CDATA[Palimpsest]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081312m/3973532.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256081312s/3973532.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3973532.Palimpsest 3.77 186 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 1012 320 2009 All done. 0 2009-09-08T15:40:41-07:00 1281260 384 2009-09-08T15:40:41-07:00 God, but this book makes me think... 0 2009-09-07T22:09:48-07:00 1277759 260 2009-09-07T22:09:48-07:00 0 2009-09-03T00:52:29-07:00 1256158 225 2009-09-03T00:52:29-07:00 Still beautiful. Still having to read it in tiny bites. 0 2009-08-29T11:34:18-07:00 1233565 195 2009-08-29T11:34:18-07:00 Lots of sex in this book, and yet it's hardly ever arousing. Mostly, it makes me feel sad... 0 2009-08-23T11:17:39-07:00 1203524 126 2009-08-23T11:17:39-07:00 May sit down and finish this tomorrow before the semester starts. Maybe I'll put it on my to-do list. :) 0 2009-08-22T02:39:43-07:00 1198259 96 2009-08-22T02:39:43-07:00 I find myself sipping this book in tiny draws rather than diving in. I love how different the experience is from the last book. 0 2009-08-18T12:25:34-07:00 1180124 55 2009-08-18T12:25:34-07:00 So far, so good. It's not your typical fantasy novel, for sure. Echoes of "Imajica," maybe... 0 2009-08-15T12:08:14-07:00 1165568 22 2009-08-15T12:08:14-07:00 5 0 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:06:53 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 13:27:31 -0700 2009 more...]]>