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Cartoons that draw their creator into another world; demonic paintings that exert a sinister influence on our own. Fairy tales that express the secret losses and anxieties of their tellers. These are the elements that Steven Millhauser employs to such marvelous—and often disquieting—effect in Little Kingdoms, a collection whose three novellas suggest magical companion pieces to his acclaimed longer fictions.
In "The Little Kingdom of J. Franklin Payne," a gentle eccentric constructs an elaborate alternate universe that is all the more appealing for being transparently unreal. "The Princess, the Dwarf, and the
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Manufacturer: Vintage
Release date: 3 February 1998
ISBN-10 : 0375701435 | ISBN-13: 9780375701436
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Release date: 3 February 1998
ISBN-10 : 0375701435 | ISBN-13: 9780375701436
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