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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the author of A Cure for Suicide and Census comes a philosophical recasting of myth and legend, folklore and popular culture: a fabulists compendium of poetry and prose.Jesse Balllong-listed for the National Book Award, a finalist for the New York Public Librarys Young Lions Fiction Award, and named one of Grantas best young American novelistsis one of the most interesting, lyrical, fanciful, and disturbingly original (Chicago Tribune) writers working today. And The Village on Horseback is one of his most dazzling and varied works. These experimental piecesincluding the Paris Reviews Plimpton Prizewinning novella The Early Deaths of Lubeck, Brennan, Harp & Carrask the reader not to imagine the world for what it is, but for what it could be: a blank tableau on which a spirited imagination can conjure tales out of, seemingly, nothing.The Village on Horseback is an unmissable treat, a book of voyages to be taken on journeys far and wide. "The Village on Horseback" features mesmerizing new work from the author of "Samedi the Deafness" and "The Way Through Doors, " one of the "New Yorker's" Best Books of 2009. This collection of new pieces by experimental writer Jesse Ball is a philosophical recasting of myth and legend. Unearthing parables from the compost heap of oral tradition, folklore, literature, and popular culture, "The Village on Horseback" can be read as a sort of fabulist's compendium by an author who has been called charming, lyrical, fanciful, and "disturbingly original." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781571314420
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