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The Orphan's Tales

Catherynne M. Valente

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Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this orphan's eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but you'll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears.

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Publisher
Bantam Spectra
ISBN-13
9780553904413
Genre
Fantasy
Topics
Storytelling and myth-makingInterconnected tales and folkloreIdentity and transformation

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