The Village on Horseback: Prose and Verse, 2003-2008by Ball, JesseFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Milkweed Editions Date of publication: 2011-07-12 Shipped From: US (10-14 days) RRP: €13.85 Price: €12.32 You Save: €1.53 Free Delivery Worldwide Description: "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." In-Stock: 4 Weight: 353g Subject Keywords: General Fiction,General ISBN: 9781571314420 Genre: Fiction (Contemporary & Literary Fiction) |
