Spirit Seizures - Softcover

Pritchard, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0020360703 ISBN 13: 9780020360704

Publisher: Collier Books, 1989

Synopsis

Stories deal with a pregnant psychic, the ghost of Sarah Bernhardt, a woman's obsession with tribal lore, an obese model, and a woman fearful of terminal illnesses

About this title

Review:

"All are set apart, a Diane Arbus-like gallery whose personalities remain elusive, receding more completely as their deformities are more cunningly displayed."--"New York Times Book Review"

"These are powerful, jolting stories. Melissa Pritchard is one of our finest writers."--Annie Dillard

"Pritchard possesses a gi ft for depicting diverse characters, times and locales. . . . Only through self-analysis, and undergoing a jolting experience, do these women, and men, transcend their pain."--"Ms." Magazine

"It is a rare and gifted writer whose far flung imagination deftly conjures the bizarre and unreal into stories and then, through compelling prose, completely immerses the reader in the world of her creation. Melissa Pritchard is such a writer."--"Roanoke Times"

"An impressive collection of short stories dealing with the confusion, dislocation, and pain of loss. . . . This book is rich in spirit."--"Belles Lettres"

"The characters in this remarkable first collection . . . are adventurers, explorers of an uncharted interior wilderness of dreams and visions, possessed by spirits, premonitions of death. . . . A welcome antidote to the minimalist perspective of recent years, she makes her characters come alive."--"Providence Sunday Journal"

"[Pritchard's] stories are generously, excitingly creative. They take hold."--"North American Review"

"Pritchard shows a descriptive ability that is uncannily original."--"Chicago Tribune"

All are set apart, a Diane Arbus-like gallery whose personalities remain elusive, receding more completely as their deformities are more cunningly displayed.--"New York Times Book Review"

These are powerful, jolting stories. Melissa Pritchard is one of our finest writers.--Annie Dillard

About the Author:

Melissa Pritchard is the award-winning author of three additional story collections, "The Odditorium," "The Instinct for"" Bliss," and "Disappearing Ingenue: The Misadventures of Eleanor Stoddard," and three novels, "Late Bloomer," "Selene of the Spirits," and "Phoenix."

About this edition

• Publisher: Collier Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0020360703
• ISBN 13: 9780020360704
• Binding: Paperback