Margo Lanagan
Hardcover | Pages: 167 pages Rating: 3.48 | 755 Users | 143 Reviews
Present Books Conducive To Red Spikes
| Original Title: | Red Spikes |
| ISBN: | 0375843205 (ISBN13: 9780375843204) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (2007), Children's Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year: Older Readers (2007) |
Interpretation Toward Books Red Spikes
Margo Lanagan's electrifying stories take place in worlds not quite our own, and yet each one illuminates what it is to be human. They are stories of yearning for more, and learning to live with what you have. Stories that show the imprint love leaves on us all.If you think you don't like short fiction, that a story can't have the depth or impact of a novel, then you haven't read Margo Lanagan. A writer this startling and this original doesn't come along very often. So for anyone who likes to be surprised, touched, unsettled, intrigued, or scared senseless, prepare to be dazzled by what a master storyteller can do in a few short pages.
List Containing Books Red Spikes
| Title | : | Red Spikes |
| Author | : | Margo Lanagan |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 167 pages |
| Published | : | October 9th 2007 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published October 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Horror. Anthologies. Teen |
Rating Containing Books Red Spikes
Ratings: 3.48 From 755 Users | 143 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books Red Spikes
Getting a bit slack with writing proper reviews because I'm writing...stories! But I will pause to note that my favourites from this collection are Monkey's Paternoster, Winkie, Hero Vale, Mouse Maker and Forever Upward. Yes, that is half the book :)"Oh, you caint see straight in this place," said Razor. "And when you do see summink, afterwards you caint quite remember. You caint quite believe, you know? It will not stay proper in your head."Okay, I have only read six of the ten stories in this book so far, but I can tell I am going to have to give it five stars already. Gorgeous amazing disturbing lovely tales; every one of them fills my head with exclamation points.Also the best bird story in the world EVER EVER with the following
Interesting fluidity. For most of the book I was left with this weird sensation, and it wasn't until the fourth or fifth story that I could pinpoint what it was: most of the stories felt like they had been lifted away from longer novels. But instead of it being an unpleasant realization, it rather enhanced the stories for me, as though they were shimmering up from a lakebed, only to fall away again as the current took them. I would be interesting to see some of these stories expanded, but as
Oh my gosh. These 10 short pieces of fiction are so greatly, awesomely imaginative. Perfect. More. More.
I really really wanted to like these short stories but I just couldn't get into it. I love Margo Lanagan's writing, I think it's absolutely beautiful, and the language in these stories is absolutely gorgeous. One of my favorite things about Margo Lanagan's writing has always been her ability to really set a mood in a story, and these stories evoke many different moods from the down right disturbing to a sense of satisfaction. Unfortunately all of the stories felt unfinished to me. They felt more
Story by story is the only way I can do this.Baby JaneA baby is being born somewhere in the Australian outback - but her midwife is unusual and her mother may not be from this world.Eerie but lovely, the twist comes early on and the rest of the story is how the main character copes with that twist. This could be the prologue of a long, dark fantasy tale, but as a short story it's near perfect! Tantalising, makes you think long and hard after the last word has been read. 4.5/5Monkey's Paternoster
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