Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes
Highsmith Patricia
A collection of stories, based on natural and unnatural catastrophes and exploring the macabre and its meaning. The stories range from midnight revelling in an East Austrian cemetery to a picnic for "crackpots" on the White House lawn. They also include the source of the tell-tale smells of Nabuti, the unsporting hiding place chosen by the Nuclear Control Committee for radio-active waste and the crumbling defence tactics of a luxury high-rise against a crawling army that fumigation cannot kill. Other tales tell of how magic and horror stories followed in the wake of a furious whale, how miracle and revolution were launched when a Pope stubbed his toe and how happiness came to a woman who thought she was Cleopatra.
年:
2011
出版社:
Perseus Books Group
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0802194974
ISBN 13:
9780802194978
文件:
EPUB, 305 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2011