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Zusatztext "Knipfel is one of the few writers who are really laugh-out-loud funny. Sure! one might chuckle at Sedaris and smile at Burroughs! but Knipfel is on another level entirely….The stories in These Children are dark! funny! and memorable! and readers may be surprised to find them filling their psyches! taking the place of real fairy tales….Knipfel’s writing is so ebullient that his joyful sentences ameliorate the unhappy endings.” —Marie Mundaca! The Hipster Book Club Informationen zum Autor Jim Knipfel is the author of three memoirs, Slackjaw , Quitting the Nairobi Trio , and Ruining It for Everybody , and three novels, Noogie’s Time to Shine , The Buzzing , and Unplugging Philco . He lives in Brooklyn. Klappentext From the irresistibly droll mind of Jim Knipfel comes These Children Who Come at You with Knives, and Other Fairy Tales , a series of twisted fables that echo with pinpoint acuity. A masterful storyteller whose memoirs and novels have earned him widespread acclaim, this is Knipfel’s first foray into the short story, and he delivers in spades: this wickedly dark satire on the notion of happily ever after turns the traditional fairy tale on its head. Among the array of lonely losers wallowing in discontent, the enterprising reader of this volume may meet a talking chicken who learns the world has little patience for intelligence, a foul-mouthed gnome set on world domination, and a magical snowman wrestling with the horror of being alive. In These Children Who Come at You with Knives , Knipfel’s singular and brilliantly funny mind reinvents the bedtime story and offers up a wildly entertaining meditation on the perils of human nature. Zusammenfassung From the irresistibly droll mind of Jim Knipfel comes These Children Who Come at You with Knives! and Other Fairy Tales ! a series of twisted fables that echo with pinpoint acuity. A masterful storyteller whose memoirs and novels have earned him widespread acclaim! this is Knipfel’s first foray into the short story! and he delivers in spades: this wickedly dark satire on the notion of happily ever after turns the traditional fairy tale on its head. Among the array of lonely losers wallowing in discontent! the enterprising reader of this volume may meet a talking chicken who learns the world has little patience for intelligence! a foul-mouthed gnome set on world domination! and a magical snowman wrestling with the horror of being alive. In These Children Who Come at You with Knives ! Knipfel’s singular and brilliantly funny mind reinvents the bedtime story and offers up a wildly entertaining meditation on the perils of human nature. ...
