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The collapsing frontier : plus Calvino's "Lightness" and the feral child of history, plus In Mugwump Four and much more

Call Number

  • FICTION LETH (CEN, OSH)

Publication Information

[Oakland, CA] : PM Press, 2024.

Physical Description

158 pages ; 21 cm.

Summary

In this unique volume, the best-selling author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn, one of the principal makers of modern American literature, who has transformed SF and detective fiction, presents two short stories--one published in the New Yorker and one written especially for this book.

Contents

  • David Bowman and the furry-girl school of American fiction
  • Snowden in the labyrinth
  • The Collapsing frontier
  • "Rooms full of old books are immortal enough for me" / My year of reading lemmishly
  • Calvino's "Lightness" and the feral child of history
  • In mugwump four.

Added Authors

Terry Bisson