Houses of Children (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) - Softcover

Dowell, Coleman; Morrow, Bradford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564782573 ISBN 13: 9781564782571

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, 2009

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).

About this title

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

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 includingOne of the Children is Crying, Island People, and Mrs October Was Here.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1564782573
• ISBN 13: 9781564782571
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 193