Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results—a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee, a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide, a demonic 16th-century chess set shows up in a New Jersey bar, and Charon, the boatman of hell, takes a few days vacation. Storylines both conventional and outlandish reveal humdrum routines as menacing, or imaginary worlds as perfectly familiar. Allusions to authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne reinforce the fantasy tradition in these tales, while understated humor and moments of sadness add a quirky unpredictability. Also included is the previously unpublished novella, "Botch Town," a coming-of-age story about a boy on Long Island whose family and friends live ordinary lives under threats both real and imagined. Each story is followed by a brief afterword that details its genesis.
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傑弗裏·福特的這本小說集《冰淇淋王國》的開篇之作就是《伊林歐凱編年史》（The Annals of Eelin-OK），這樣的安排絕非偶然。假使說他的《冰淇淋王國》除瞭故事精彩外，還在謀篇布局上下足瞭功夫，那麼《伊林歐凱編年史》純粹是靠故事來打動人。 伊林歐凱是什麼？ 他屬於某...
評分boatman's holiday 其中的一篇小說； 傑弗裏·福特重新演繹羅馬神話。
評分傑弗裏·福特的這本小說集《冰淇淋王國》的開篇之作就是《伊林歐凱編年史》（The Annals of Eelin-OK），這樣的安排絕非偶然。假使說他的《冰淇淋王國》除瞭故事精彩外，還在謀篇布局上下足瞭功夫，那麼《伊林歐凱編年史》純粹是靠故事來打動人。 伊林歐凱是什麼？ 他屬於某...
評分boatman's holiday 其中的一篇小說； 傑弗裏·福特重新演繹羅馬神話。
評分傑弗裏·福特的這本小說集《冰淇淋王國》的開篇之作就是《伊林歐凱編年史》（The Annals of Eelin-OK），這樣的安排絕非偶然。假使說他的《冰淇淋王國》除瞭故事精彩外，還在謀篇布局上下足瞭功夫，那麼《伊林歐凱編年史》純粹是靠故事來打動人。 伊林歐凱是什麼？ 他屬於某...
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隻讀瞭其中一篇《冰淇淋王國》，已經迴味無窮。希望早日能見到這本短篇集的中文版麵世。
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