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050 00 $aPS3555.D942$bS43 1997
082 00 $a813/.54$220
100 1 $aEdwards, Kim,$d1958-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96061872
245 14 $aThe secrets of a fire king /$cstories by Kim Edwards.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $a234 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
505 00 $tThe Great Chain of Being --$tSpring, Mountain, Sea --$tA Gleaming in the Darkness --$tBalance --$tThe Way It Felt to Be Falling --$tThe Invitation --$tThe Secrets of a Fire King --$tGold --$tSky Juice --$tRat Stories --$tThe Story of My Life.
520 $aThe characters in these stories are often separated from the mainstream - a juggler and a trapeze artist, a daughter whose mother is a public evangelist waging a wear against sin, a cleaning woman whose life is inexplicably tied to Marie Curie's. The stories they inhabit transcend the barriers of time to explore the universally driving force of our experience: the magnitude of human love.
520 8 $aIn "Spring, Mountain, Sea" a young American brings his Korean bride home after serving in the war, and finds himself isolated from both his own culture and the culture of his new family. In "Gold" a Malaysian rubber tapper becomes obsessed with the possibility of becoming as wealthy as the foreign landowners who visit his village, and in his quest for gold nearly destroys the enduring relationships that have shaped his life.
520 8 $aIn the title story, the narrator - a fire-eater in a circus - shows a careless disregard for a boy who comes to learn his trade and as a consequence brings about his own downfall. Taking us to exotic and remote places in America, Europe, and Asia, The Secrets of a Fire King is at once magical and profound, marking the extraordinary debut of a new voice in American fiction.
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3555.D942$iS43 1997