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Synopsis
-- First paperback edition.
-- A ghost story unfolds simultaneously across three centuries and two continents; a young cannibal details the daily life and appetites of his clan; a man slowly, and without pain or blood, loses his limbs, his tongue, and his sight. A collection culled from Coleman Dowell's entire career, The Houses of Children displays the wide range of his talent in a dense and beautifully stylistic prose.
-- Coleman Dowell is the author of five novels including Island People and Mrs. October Was Here, and a memoir, A Star-Bright Lie, which won an Editor's Choice Lambda Literary Award.
-- First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987).
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About the Author
Born in Kentucky in 1925, Robert Coleman Dowell is one of the great post-war US writers. He is the author of five novels including One of the Children is Crying, Island People, and Mrs October Was Here.
Review
"Strange stories of strange occurances that Dowell turns to effects variously comic, poignant, tragic, ghostly, earthly, or fantastic." -- Booklist
"Dowell demonstrates a love of words for their own sake. His prose ranges from enigmatic metaphor to brilliant epiphany." -- Los Angeles Times
"A mature and uncommonly gifted stylist." -- Gilbert Sorrentino
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- PublisherDalkey Archive Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1564782573
- ISBN 13 9781564782571
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages199
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