These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439154120)

From the irresistibly droll mind of Jim Knipfel comes These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales, a series of twisted fables that echo with pinpoint acuity.

A masterful storyteller whose memoirs and novels have earned him widespread acclaim, this is Knipfel's first foray into the short story, and he delivers in spades: this wickedly dark satire on the notion of happily ever after turns the traditional fairy tale on its head.

Among the array of lonely losers wallowing in discontent, the enterprising reader of this volume may meet a talking chicken who learns the world has little patience for intelligence, a foul-mouthed gnome set on world domination, and a magical snowman wrestling with the horror of being alive.

In These Children Who Come at You with Knives, Knipfel's singular and brilliantly funny mind reinvents the bedtime story and offers up a wildly entertaining meditation on the perils of human nature.

Author: Jim Knipfel
ISBN-10: 1439154120
ISBN-13: 9781439154120
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.62w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 03/29/2010 pg. 1
Booklist 06/01/2010 pg. 34
Entertainment Weekly 06/18/2010 pg. 100