Kelly Link

Blending fairytale, fantasy, horror, myth and mischief in a delicious cocktail, Kelly Link creates a world like no other, where ghosts of girlfriends past rub up against Scrabble-loving grandmothers with terrifying magic handbags, wizards sit alongside morbid babysitters, and we encounter a people-eating monster who claims to have a sense of humour...

Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In The Summer People, a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In I Can See Right Through You, a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In The New Boyfriend, a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll.Hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the Pyramids . . . These are just some of the talismans of an imagination as capacious and as full of wonder as that of any writer today. But as fantastical as these stories can be, they are always grounded by sly humor and an innate generosity of feeling for the frailtyand the hidden strengthsof human beings. In Get in Trouble, this one-of-a-kind talent expands the boundaries of what short fiction can do.

A warm and funny story for younger readers about two foxes a ghost and one of the biggest archaeological discoveries in living memory

Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Karen Russell, Neil Gaiman, and Aimee Bender, "Magic for Beginners "is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity.""These stories are at once ingenious and deeply moving. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated. Includes an exclusive conversation between Kelly Link and Joe Hill Praise for "Magic for Beginners" " " "A sorceress to be reckoned with."--"The New York Times Book Review" " " "[Kelly] Link's stories . . . play in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and J. K. Rowling, and Link finds truths there that most authors wouldn't dare touch."--Lev Grossman, "Time" "She is unique and should be declared a national treasure."--Neil Gaiman "Funny, scary, surprising and powerfully moving within the span of a single story or even a single sentence."--Karen Russell, "The Miami Herald" "This is what certain readers live for: fiction that makes the world instead of merely mimicking it."--Audrey Niffenegger "[These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends, dreams and nightmares are made of."--Laura Miller, "Salon, "Best Books of the Decade "A major talent . . . Like George Saunders, [Link] can't dismiss the hidden things that tap on our windows at night."--"The Boston Globe" "The most darkly playful voice in American fiction."--Michael Chabon "I think she is the most impressive writer of her generation."--Peter Straub "Link's world is one to savor. [Grade: ] A"--"Entertainment Weekly " " " "Intricate, wildly imaginative and totally wonderful . . . will fill you with awe and joy."--NPR

he has been hailed by Michael Chabon as the most darkly playful voice in American fiction and by Neil Gaiman as a national treasure. Now Kelly Links eagerly awaited new collectionher first for adult readers in a decadeproves indelibly that this bewitchingly original writer is among the finest we have.Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In The Summer People, a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In I Can See Right Through You, a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In The New Boyfriend, a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll.

Fantastic, fantastical and utterly incomparable, Get in Trouble rummages in the cupboards of our psyches and pulls out fierce truths about everything from the essence of ghosts to the nature of love. And hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the pyramids ...Strange, dark and wry, the stories in Get in Trouble reveal Kelly Link at the height of her creative powers and stretch the boundaries of the human imagination.

Quatre sont revenus d’entre les morts.Deux resteront.Deux retourneront au néant.Lovesend, Massachusetts.Laura Hand, Daniel Knowe et Mo Gorch ont disparu pendant des mois. Ils étaient morts et quelqu’

NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A bewitching story collection from the author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, hailed as the most darkly playful voice in American fiction (Michael Chabon) and our greatest living fabulist (Carmen Maria Machado)Ridiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while staring into the void.The Boston GlobeA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: BuzzFeed, Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate, Toronto Star, Kirkus Reviews, BookPageKelly Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In The Summer People, a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In I Can See Right Through You, a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In The New Boyfriend, a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll.Hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the Pyramids . . . These are just some of the talismans of an imagination as capacious and as full of wonder as that of any writer today. But as fantastical as these stories can be, they are always grounded by sly humor and an innate generosity of feeling for the frailtyand the hidden strengthsof human beings. In Get in Trouble, this one-of-a-kind talent expands the boundaries of what short fiction can do.

Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author Kelly Link presents a dazzling (Entertainment Weekly) collection of nine short stories that explore the complexity of loss, identity, and the absurdity that is life.Flat-out genius.Holly Black, internationally bestselling author of The Cruel PrinceKelly Link is a sorceress to be reckoned with.The New York Times Book Review Through the lens of Kelly Links vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. These nine stories are full of unexpected insights, skewed perspectives on the world, and . . . A phone booth in Las Vegas Aliens Unhelpful wizards Possibly carnivorous sofas A handbag with a village inside it Tennessee Fainting Goats Dueling librarians A statue of George Washington A boy named Orion Pirates An undead babysitter A nationally ranked soccer player Shapeshifters An unexpected campfire guest

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE The Brothers Grimm meet Black Mirror meets Alice in Wonderland. . . . In seven remixed fairy tales, Link delivers wit and dreamlike intrigue.Time FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD, THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD, WORLD FANTASY AWARD, CHAUTAUQUA PRIZE, AND KIRKUS PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD Thought-provoking and wonderfully told . . . so seamlessly entwines the real with the surreal that the stories threaten to slip into reality, resonating long after reading.BuzzFeed A new collection from one of todays finest short story writers, MacArthur Genius Grant fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Troublefeaturing illustrations by award-winning artist Shaun TanA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Public Library, Shondaland, Slate, The Globe and Mail, Electric Lit, Tordotcom, Polygon, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus ReviewsFinding seeds of inspiration in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekerscharacters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose.In The White Cats Divorce, an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which child will become his heir. In The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear, a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In Skinders Veil, a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelersor perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche.Twisting and turning in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictablethese stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the realm of short fiction.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NEBULA AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZEIn the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice)Imagine a ring of David Mitchell and Stephen King books dancing around a fire until something new, brave, and wonderful rose up from the flames.Isaac Fitzgerald, TodayONE OF VULTURE AND PUBLISHER WEEKLYS TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The New Yorker, Time, Town & Country, Esquire, Harpers Bazaar, New York Post, Book Riot, Lit HubThe Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of lovefrom friendship to romance to abiding family tieswith her trademark compassion, wit, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on, even when we cannot.Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, having long been presumed dead. Which, in fact, they are.With them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearanceand what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where theyve been. In the end, there will be winners and there will be losers.But their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind, and Lauras sister, Susannah, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing their community in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster.Welcome to Kelly Links incomparable Lovesend, where youll encounter love and loss, laughter and dread, magic and karaoke, and some really good pizza.

From MacArthur Genius Grant fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, an eerie and engrossing (The Washington Post), dazzling (The New York Times Book Review) collection of short stories [These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends, dreams and nightmares are made of.Laura Miller, Salon, Best Books of the Decade LOCUS AWARD WINNER A TIME AND SEATTLE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR One of the most critically acclaimed collections of our time, Magic for Beginners is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity.These stories are at once ingenious and deeply moving. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated.Includes an exclusive conversation between Kelly Link and Joe Hill

¿Hasta dónde llega el poder de un hombre rico? ¿Y el amor de un hijo hacia su padre? Un millonario con miedo a envejecer, que ve a sus hijos como la prueba viviente de su propia condición mortal, les propone una serie de pruebas con el fin de elegir a su

El nuevo libro de Kelly Link, uno de los jóvenes talentos de las letras americanas.Kelly Link ha sido definida por Michael Chabon como «la voz más oscuramente lúdica de la ficción estadounidense». De

Una joven autora inedita en España cuyos originales relatos mezclan realidad y fantasía y entusiasmarán tanto al lector más joven ávido de libros diferentes como al más literario y exigente.Abre este libro y descubre un mundo real convertido en hermosamente irreal: amor, zombis, extraterrestres y hermanos que salen disparados de un cañon. Kelly Link coloca una lente fantastica sobre todo aquello que nos conmueve y nos convierte en quienes somos. En Magia para lectores encontraras infinidad de cosas: un bolso con un pueblo dentro, bibliotecarios que se baten en duelo, sofas probablemente carnivoros, un chico llamado Cebolla Y es que todos estos cuentos esconden un tesoro. Son los cuentos que siempre has querido leer.