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Kingdom of the Young
Contributor(s): Meidav, Edie (Author)

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ISBN: 194141141X     ISBN-13: 9781941411414
Publisher: Sarabande Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Magical Realism
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016039500
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" L (0.65 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2017 pg. 27
Publishers Weekly 02/27/2017 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2017
 
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Ambitious, original, deliciously philosophical. Kingdom of the Young invites comparison to the cr nicas of Clarice Lispector and the fabulas of Italo Calvino. --Carolyn Cooke, author of Daughters of the Revolution

The dynamic characters in Kingdom of the Young are searching: for adventure, work, love, absolution, better chances elsewhere. In a symphonic stream of consciousness, a fanatical child army loses faith in its commander as he ages unforgivably into his thirties. A woman possessed with wanderlust and a small inheritance seeks love among the cave-dwelling Roma in Granada. Traumatized war veterans run local rackets; smarmy bureaucrats rise through the ranks of repressive regimes; civilians attempt to escape the stranglehold of life under dictatorships. From the honeycombed caves outside the Alhambra to the streets of Havana, from hospital wards to quincea era parties, these stories--along with the collection's illuminating nonfiction coda--testify to Meidav's vast imaginative range.

Edie Meidav is the author of three novels--The Far Field, Crawl Space, and Lola, California. Her honors include a Lannan Literary Award, the Kafka Award for Best Novel by an American Woman, the Bard Fiction Prize, a Whiting Award, and a Howard Fellowship. She teaches in the University of Massachusetts MFA program and lives in Amherst.


 
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