![]() ![]() "Unlike most of these stories, not ***** Cleopatra Brimstone.Ī budding entomologist suffers a traumatic attack, and goes all Ms. **** Pavane for a Prince of the Air Previously read in 'Embrace the Mutation.' I was slightly less enthused on a second read, but I'll stick with 4 stars. ![]() The supernatural/horror elements are unstinting, but the psychological/metaphorical aspects of the story are as delicate as butterfly wings, and carry the ring of truth. ![]() A budding entomologist suffers a traumatic attack, and goes all Ms. * Elizabeth Hand's work has been selected as a Washington Post Notable Book and a New York Times Notable Book, and she has been awarded a Nebula Award and two World Fantasy Awards.more Written in the author's characteristic poetic prose and rich with the details of traumatic lives that are luminously transformed, Saffron and Brimstone is a worthy addition to an outstanding career. Included in this collection are "The Least Trumps," in which a lonely women reaches out to the world through symbols, tattooing, and the Tarot, and "Pavane for a Prince of the Air," where neo-pagan rituals bring a recently departed soul to something very different than eternal rest. This new collection (an expansion of the limited-release Bibliomancy, which won the World Fantasy Award in 2005) showcases a wildly inventive author at the height of her powers. Included in this collection are "The Least Trumps," in which a lonely women reaches out t Widely praised and widely read, Elizabeth Hand is regarded as one of America's leading literary fantasists. Widely praised and widely read, Elizabeth Hand is regarded as one of America's leading literary fantasists. ![]()
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