Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories - Hardcover

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A complete collection of short stories by the late author of Fireworks draws on the realms of cinema, art, and the subconscious, reinventing such characters from fiction and folklore as Alice in Wonderland, Lizzie Borden, Mary Magdalen, and Beauty and the Beast.

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  • PublisherHenry Holt & Co
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0805044620
  • ISBN 13 9780805044621
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages462
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