The Gorgon Flower |
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Author:
| Richards, John |
ISBN: | 978-0-7022-6934-9 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2024 |
Publisher: | University of Queensland Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $10.99 |
Book Description:
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A young woman is haunted by the disappearance of her grandmother, a brilliant mathematician whose research uncovered the basis for parallel universes. A botanist travels across the seas in search of an elusive, deadly flower that was also his late father's obsession. A talented painter produces his best work - unsettling masterpieces with strange, fantastical elements - years after he was last seen in person.In this gothic-inspired collection of stories, John Richards pushes the limits...
More DescriptionA young woman is haunted by the disappearance of her grandmother, a brilliant mathematician whose research uncovered the basis for parallel universes. A botanist travels across the seas in search of an elusive, deadly flower that was also his late father's obsession. A talented painter produces his best work - unsettling masterpieces with strange, fantastical elements - years after he was last seen in person.In this gothic-inspired collection of stories, John Richards pushes the limits of what short fiction can be. With settings that range from rural France to medieval Italy to nineteenth-century Borneo, The Gorgon Flower is an impressively crafted, engrossing debut by a bold new writer.