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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
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- Publication Name
- Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- ISBN
- 9781481424363
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10
148142436X
ISBN-13
9781481424363
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038850627
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-028362
Reviews
These remarkable stories highlight Liu's themes of family, love, and politics and gathered in one collection pack an even bigger punch. Those who revere shorter speculative works will definitely want this book., Emotionally unpredictable, Liu's stories take off in unexpected directions and arrive at destinations both startling and satisfying., Liu's talent in evoking atmosphere and culture make these tales more than stories they're journeys. If you're looking to dream of another world, or reflect on our own, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of The Paper Menagerie., Liu's book compiles brilliant stories written in several different, overlapping modes, a technically dazzling collection of compulsively readable narratives, presenting characters with agonizing moral dilemmas and never forgetting the heart., Liu's talent in evoking atmosphere and culture make these tales more than stories - they're journeys. If you're looking to dream of another world, or reflect on our own, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of The Paper Menagerie., Questions of identity galvanize the 15 stories in this outstanding collection of fantastical fiction, giving them extraordinary gravity and resonance. In "Good Hunting," the human companion of a supernatural creature from Chinese folklore contrives an ingenious way to help her adapt to a steampunk future. The title tale (which swept the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards), in which a mother expresses love for her son through the magically animated origami animals she creates, is one of several in which the author uses Chinese-American experience to explore how all individuals assimilate into society. Whether writing about Asian culture and history, as in "The Literomancer" and "All the Flavors," or extraterrestrial civilizations, as in "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" and "An Advanced Reader's Picture Book of Comparative Cognition," Liu (The Grace of Kings) universalizes the experiences of his characters, who realize at some point, as the protagonist of "Mono No Aware" does, that "we are defined by the places that we hold in the web of others' lives." Gracefully written and often profoundly moving, these stories are high-water marks of contemporary speculative fiction. (Mar.), I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I'm reading Ken Liu's stories, I feel like I'm reading a once-in-a-generation talent. I'm in awe., There is a dark and sometimes shocking edge to some of these stories, but nearly all are provocative, and several are brilliant., Questions of identity galvanize the 15 stories in this outstanding collection of fantastical fiction, giving them extraordinary gravity and resonance. In Good Hunting, the human companion of a supernatural creature from Chinese folklore contrives an ingenious way to help her adapt to a steampunk future. The title tale (which swept the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards), in which a mother expresses love for her son through the magically animated origami animals she creates, is one of several in which the author uses Chinese-American experience to explore how all individuals assimilate into society. Whether writing about Asian culture and history, as in The Literomancer and All the Flavors, or extraterrestrial civilizations, as in The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species and An Advanced Reader's Picture Book of Comparative Cognition, Liu (The Grace of Kings) universalizes the experiences of his characters, who realize at some point, as the protagonist of Mono No Aware does, that we are defined by the places that we hold in the web of others' lives. Gracefully written and often profoundly moving, these stories are high-water marks of contemporary speculative fiction. (Mar.)
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Featured in the Netflix series Love, Death & Robots Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his multiple award-winning stories for a groundbreaking collection--including a brand-new piece exclusive to this volume. With his debut novel, The Grace of Kings , taking the literary world by storm, Ken Liu now shares his finest short fiction in The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories . This mesmerizing collection features many of Ken's award-winning and award-finalist stories, including: "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" (Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards), "Mono No Aware" (Hugo Award winner), "The Waves" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" (Nebula and Sturgeon Award finalists), "All the Flavors" (Nebula Award finalist), "The Litigation Master and the Monkey King" (Nebula Award finalist), and the most awarded story in the genre's history, "The Paper Menagerie" (The only story to win the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards). Insightful and stunning stories that plumb the struggle against history and betrayal of relationships in pivotal moments, this collection showcases one of our greatest and original voices.
LC Classification Number
PS3612.I927A6 2015
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