Palimpsest
Valente, Catherynne M., 1979-2009
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Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. This novel weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger's kiss. In the Cities of Coin and Spice and In the Night Garden introduced readers to the unique and intoxicating imagination of Catherynne M. Valente. Now she weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger's kiss..Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse-a voyage permitted only to those who've always believed there's another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They've each lost something important-a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life-and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.
Main title:
Palimpsest / Catherynne M. Valente.
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Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 2009.
Collation:
367 p. ; 21 cm.
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Notes:
"Enter a city where everything - and everyone - is more than it seems ... " -- Cover, p.1.
ISBN:
9780553385762 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3622.A4258
Language:
English
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BRN:
3410418