Publication

1998 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

45,750 words, Guess

Page Count

183 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads4220912
  • LibraryThing1043471

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3570.I463 S65 1998

Description

In "A Knot of Tears," a woman's locked-up life is transformed by a parrot who tells tales; her story becomes a subtle and surprising meditation on the necessity of being true to oneself and others. In "Rusina, Not Quite in Love," a strange and lovely retelling of the story of the Beauty and the Beast, a young woman escapes family and society to find consolation and beauty in nature and its muse. In each case, women of very different backgrounds - one aristocratic, one impoverished - find solitary spaces from which they can emerge as artists and shapers of their own destinies.

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Other Editions

  • Sometimes the soulW.W. Norton1998

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