ParaSpheres

Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction : Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories

• Author(s): Rusty Morrison, Ken Edward Keegan,
• Publisher: Omnidawn Pub.
• Pages: 637
• ISBN_10: 1890650188
  ISBN_13: 9781890650186
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / General , Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) , Fiction / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies , Literary Criticism / American / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Short Stories ,

Description:... Exploring the porous boundary between mainstream literary fiction and the genres of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi, this collection of short stories juxtaposes the conventional and the fabulist--with dazzling results. In Rikki Ducornet's "Lettuce," a petitioner in a futuristic totalitarian state pays with his life when he requests permission to grow lettuce; "Birthday of the World," by Ursula K. Le Guin, is narrated by a woman whose brother destroys their culture when he decides he wants to.