Black Glass

Marc Notes: In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down--pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers--; Provided by publisher. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/05/1998 pg. 59 (EAN 9780805055573, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/01/1998 pg. 9 (EAN 9780805055573, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 02/01/1998 pg. 114 (EAN 9780805055573, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Publishers Weekly 01/01/1998 (EAN 9780805055573, Hardcover) Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 65 (EAN 9780345426536, Paperback) New York Times 08/08/1999 pg. 24 (EAN 9780345426536, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Fowler, Karen Joy Karen Joy Fowler, one of the most accomplished and most adroit fiction writers in America (Los Angeles Review of Books), lives in Santa Cruz, California. She is the author of six novels and three story collections, which range from contemporary and historical to literary and science fiction. Her short stories have won Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and in 2014, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, hailed by Khaled Hosseini as a gripping, bighearted book, won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the California Book Award and was a finalist for England s Man Booker Prize in the first year it was opened to Americans.