Jim Crace?s imaginative first book, seven linked stories, now available in a deluxe paperback edition in Ecco?s The Art of the Story Series ?Makes us see our own world more clearly . . . brilliant, provocative and delightful? --the New York Times Jim Crace?s internationally acclaimed first book explores the tribes and communities, conflicts and superstitions, flora and fauna of a wholly spellbinding place: an imaginary seventh continent. In these seven tales Crace travels a strange and wonderful landscape: ?Talking Skull? takes the reader to a tiny agricultural village renowned for the sexually-charged, mystical milk of its calves; ?Electricity? introduces a remote flatland region where a monumental ceiling fan changes an entire town?s attitude toward modernization. From the acacia scrub of the flatlands to a city bazaar jammed with vegetable stalls, tourists, and beggars, Crace?s invented world is as fabulous as it is eerily familiar.
| Author: Jim Crace |
| Publisher: Eccopress |
| Publication Date: Jun 28, 2023 |
| Number of Pages: 160 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0062662406 |
| ISBN-13: 9780062662408 |
