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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

Sheila Fischman

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Alone with their authoritarian father on a vast estate where time has stopped, two siblings speak a language and inhabit a surreal universe of their own making, shaped by their reading of philosophy and tales of chivalry. When their father dies and the children set out to bury him, they encounter the inhabitants of the neighboring village, and the pair's cloak of romance and superstition falls away to reveal the appalling truth of their existence. A brilliant, masterful story in which nothing is as it first seems, "The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches" is a triumph of suspense, linguistic invention, and playfulness that peers into the heart of guilt, cruelty, and violence.

Language: English

Pages: 138

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Arcade Publishing

Release: November 14, 2001

ISBN: 1559705884

ISBN 13: 9781559705882

The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

Sheila Fischman

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Alone with their authoritarian father on a vast estate where time has stopped, two siblings speak a language and inhabit a surreal universe of their own making, shaped by their reading of philosophy and tales of chivalry. When their father dies and the children set out to bury him, they encounter the inhabitants of the neighboring village, and the pair's cloak of romance and superstition falls away to reveal the appalling truth of their existence. A brilliant, masterful story in which nothing is as it first seems, "The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches" is a triumph of suspense, linguistic invention, and playfulness that peers into the heart of guilt, cruelty, and violence.

Language: English

Pages: 138

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Arcade Publishing

Release: November 14, 2001

ISBN: 1559705884

ISBN 13: 9781559705882

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