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The wolfe at the door / Gene Wolfe.

Summary:

The circus comes to town… and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his memoirs… and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword. Welcome to Gene Wolfe’s playground, a place where genres blend and a genius’s imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The Wolfe at the Door is a brand new collection from one of America’s premier literary giants, showcasing some material never been seen before. Short stories, yes, but also poems, essays, and ephemera that gives us a window into the mind of a literary powerhouse whose world view changed generations of readers in their perception of the universe.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250846228
ISBN: 1250846226
Physical Description: 21
Publisher: USA : Tor Publishing Group,
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- On a vacant face a bruise -- Bea and her bird brother -- Memorare -- A method bit in "B" -- Tarzan of the grapes -- The little stranger -- Christmas Inn -- The gunner's mate -- The grave secret -- The old woman in the young woman -- Dormanna -- Easter Sunday -- Archangel Gabriel -- Last night in the garden of forking tongues -- Maybe we've been doing it wrong -- Connect the dots -- Planetarium in orbit -- Remembrance to come -- The on-deck circle -- Hopkins Dalhousie -- How I got three zip codes -- Screen test -- Volksweapon -- The largest luger -- The last casualty of Cambrai -- Last drink bird head -- Mountains like mice -- The green wall said -- Thou spark of blood -- Unrequited love -- Loco parentis -- Going to the beach -- It's very clean -- Frostfree -- The giant -- The magic animal -- The hour of the sheep -- The woman who went out -- Leif in the wind -- The sea of memory -- At the point of Capricorn.