{"product_id":"paradise-and-elsewhere-kathy-page-9781927428597","title":"Paradise and Elsewhere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award\u003cbr\u003eand the 2014 Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Moody, shape-shifting, provocative and always as compelling as a strong light at the end of a road you hesitate to walk down...but will.\"--\u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tight, strange, nifty stories.\"--\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rubble of an ancient civilization. A village in a valley from which no one comes or goes. A forest of mother-trees, whispering to each other through their roots; a lakeside lighthouse where a girl slips into human skin as lightly as an otter into water; a desert settlement where there was no conflict, before she came; or the town of Wantwick, ruled by a soothsayer, where tourists lose everything they have. These are the places where things begin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of My Face\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise \u0026amp; Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of dark fables at once familiar and entirely strange: join the Orange Prize-nominated Kathy Page as she notches a new path through the wild, lush, half-fantastic and half-real terrain of fairy tale and myth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eParadise \u0026amp; Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This vibrant, startlingly imaginative collection reminded me--as few collections have done in recent years--of both where stories come from, and why we need to tell them. Kathy Page is a massive talent: wise, smart, very funny and very humane.\"--\u003cb\u003eBarbara Gowdy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathy Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927428599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927428597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 31","brand":"Kathy Page","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930903265535,"sku":"9781927428597","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_edc809ef-b89a-470a-9ca4-dd0250760d23.jpg?v=1766345076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paradise-and-elsewhere-kathy-page-9781927428597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}