The Splendid City by Karen Heuler
A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller. --
"Karen Heuler’s The Splendid City is a wonderful fabulation, both humorous and contemplative, about the desperate state of US politics and society"
"A thoroughly original and quirky novel."
"She's always a must read."
"the joy of The Splendid City lies in the quirky and all-embracing exuberance of Heuler's imagination."
"A delight from start to finish."
"How can anyone resist talking cats? I know I can’t."
"Pre-order this book immediately. It is a joy."
"A fun, whimsical, fantastical satire"
"Whimsical, satiric, and bursting with imagination"
"The dialogue is clever and the satire spot-on. The social commentary hits the nail on the head."
"A sharp, lively, funny contemporary fantasy with the feel of an up-to-date, more adult version of L Frank Baum’s Oz books."
"The Splendid City crafts a perfect quirk that ramps to wtf levels of genre-bending weirdness"
"a compelling book, compulsively readable."
"loved how cleverly and deftly Heuler balanced the absurd with the political."
"A thoroughly original and quirky novel."
"She's always a must read."
"the joy of The Splendid City lies in the quirky and all-embracing exuberance of Heuler's imagination."
"A delight from start to finish."
"How can anyone resist talking cats? I know I can’t."
"Pre-order this book immediately. It is a joy."
"A fun, whimsical, fantastical satire"
"Whimsical, satiric, and bursting with imagination"
"The dialogue is clever and the satire spot-on. The social commentary hits the nail on the head."
"A sharp, lively, funny contemporary fantasy with the feel of an up-to-date, more adult version of L Frank Baum’s Oz books."
"The Splendid City crafts a perfect quirk that ramps to wtf levels of genre-bending weirdness"
"a compelling book, compulsively readable."
"loved how cleverly and deftly Heuler balanced the absurd with the political."
KAREN HEULER stories have appeared in over a hundred literary and speculative magazines and anthologies such as Conjunctions to Tin House and Weird Tales. She has received an O. Henry award, been a finalist for the Iowa short fiction award, the Bellwether award, the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction, among others. She has published four novels, four story collections and a novella. She also teaches fiction writing at NYU’s School of Professional Studies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857669858 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857669850 |
| Titel | The Splendid City |
| Autor | Karen Heuler |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Watkins Media Limited |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2022-06-14 |
| Seitenanzahl | 280 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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