Black Glass, by Karen Joy Fowler Great First Lines in Fiction. First published in , this book of short stories by the author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is just as rich and complex and strange as it was seventeen years ago. If you’ve read it before, it’s worth revisiting, and if you haven’t, it’s time to discover the short fiction of Karen Joy Fowler. An early work from PEN/Faulkner Award winner and Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, reissued and beautifully repackaged for new fans and old. First published in to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the extraordinary talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning /5(39). KAREN JOY FOWLER. Events Blog Contact Gallery Open Menu Close Menu. KAREN JOY FOWLER. Events Blog Contact Gallery.
Black Glass; Excerpt; Excerpt. Excerpt Black Glass. by Karen Joy Fowler. Chapter 1. It was a Wednesday afternoon in the Senate Bar. Schilling, the proprietor, stood behind the curved counter, stroking the shot glasses with a towel. Every part of the bar was reflected in the mirror wall behind him: the marble and black onyx floor, the oiled. An early work from PEN/Faulkner Award winner and Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, reissued and beautifully repackaged for new fans and old. First published in to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black. Black Glass: Short Fictions. Karen Joy Fowler Hardcover $ Fowler weaves in and out of genres gracefully, creating a colorful quilt of suspense and fantasy. Her admitted focus on peripheral characters shows in every short story of Black Glass, a keen study of human nature that enthralls and leaves the reader wanting more. In "The View.
Black Glass. by Karen Joy Fowler. 1. Sundry genres commingle in Fowler's short fictions; identify them. What is the function of each one? How does her approach call into question traditional notions of fiction? Do you regard the blending of genres as distinctly contemporary or time-honored? 2. First published in to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the extraordinary talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down—pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers. Fowler weaves in and out of genres gracefully, creating a colorful quilt of suspense and fantasy. Her admitted focus on peripheral characters shows in every short story of Black Glass, a keen study of human nature that enthralls and leaves the reader wanting more. In “The View From Venus: A Case Study,” a simple yet entertaining story is viewed from the perspective of a class studying the evolution of romance, giving an added layer of insight into the mating rituals of humans.
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