Trade Paperback, 219 pages
English language
Published Jan. 20, 2009 by Tachyon Publications.
We Never Talk About My Brother
5 stars
(1 review)
The nine extraordinary tales in Peter S. Beagle's new fantasy collection are profound explorations of love, death, transformation, and the choices that define just who and what we are. Ranging from an artist's loft in 1950's New York to the lacquered hallways of a feudal Japanese castle, each is a singular world of the imagination, told with wit and timeless wisdom.
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A modern-day Angel of Death moonlights as an anchorman on the network news
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King Pelles the Sure, shortsighted ruler of a gentle realm, betrays his kingdom by dreaming of a manageable war
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An American librarian discovers—much to his surprise, and to his wife's sadness—that he has become the last living Frenchman
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Bitter rivals in a supernatural battle over love and real estate forego pistols at dawn in favor of dramatic recitations of dreadful poetry
Combining new work written specially for this volume with recently released classics, as well as …
The nine extraordinary tales in Peter S. Beagle's new fantasy collection are profound explorations of love, death, transformation, and the choices that define just who and what we are. Ranging from an artist's loft in 1950's New York to the lacquered hallways of a feudal Japanese castle, each is a singular world of the imagination, told with wit and timeless wisdom.
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A modern-day Angel of Death moonlights as an anchorman on the network news
-
King Pelles the Sure, shortsighted ruler of a gentle realm, betrays his kingdom by dreaming of a manageable war
-
An American librarian discovers—much to his surprise, and to his wife's sadness—that he has become the last living Frenchman
-
Bitter rivals in a supernatural battle over love and real estate forego pistols at dawn in favor of dramatic recitations of dreadful poetry
Combining new work written specially for this volume with recently released classics, as well as the recently rediscovered poem cycle, The Unicorn Tapestries, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER is a haunting, wholly-satisfying collection of fiction from one of America's finest authors.
