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Informationen zum Autor Margo Lanagan Klappentext Yellow Cake brings together another ten short stories from this extraordinarily talented writer - each of them fiercely original and quietly heartbreaking.Ranging from fantasy and fairy tale to horror and stark reality what pervades these stories is the sense of humanity. The people of Lanagan's worlds face trials temptations and degradations. They swoon and suffer and even kill for love. In a dangerous world they seek the solace and strength that comes from family and belonging. These are stories to be savoured slowly and pondered deeply because they cut to the very heart of who we are. "10 emotional short stories - all beautifully and hauntingly written...These are not stories to race through, they are stories to be savoured." Parents in Touch 20130614 "We should always make time for short stories. Especially if they are written by Margo Lanagan...Everything is earthy even when it's magic, and so, so believable. I get lost in the worlds she creates and sometimes it's quite difficult to wake myself up when I've finished reading." -- Jill Murphy The Book Bag 20130614 "There is simply no better author than her...so raw that it made my eyes fog up even though I was just reading black and white print!" The Guardian Children's website 20130630 "A writer that never ceases to bewilder, startle and enchant her readers." Library Mice 20130718 Zusammenfassung Yellow Cake brings together another ten short stories from this extraordinarily talented writer - each of them fiercely original and quietly heartbreaking. Ranging from fantasy and fairy tale to horror and stark reality, what pervades these stories is the sense of humanity.
