{"product_id":"letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","title":"Letters from an Imaginary Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoam through the captivating stories of World Fantasy and Mythopoeic Award winner Theodora Goss (the \u003c\/i\u003eAthena Club\u003ci\u003e trilogy). This themed collection of imaginary places, with three new stories, recalls Susanna Clarke's alternate Europe and the surreal metafictions of Jorge Luis Borges.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e[STARRED REVIEW] \u003ci\u003e\"Each story in Goss's perfectly titled collection features stamps from fantastical worlds.\" --\u003c\/i\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe infamous girl monsters of nineteenth-century fiction gather in London and form their own club. In the imaginary country of Thüle, characters from folklore band together to fight a dictator. An intrepid girl reporter finds the hidden land of Oz--and joins its invasion of our world. The author writes the autobiography of her alternative life and a science fiction love letter to Budapest. The White Witch conquers England with snow and silence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply influenced by the author's Hungarian childhood during the regime of the Soviet Union, each of these intricate stories engages with storytelling and identity, including Goss's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award-winning author and poet Theodora Goss was born in Hungary, and spent her childhood in various European countries before her family moved to the United States. Goss is the author of the novel trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short story and poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eIn the Forest of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSongs for Ophelia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSnow White Learns Witchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and Shirley Jackson Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Goss's work has also been translated into fifteen languages. Currently, she teaches at several creative writing workshops, and in written, oral, and visual rhetoric at Boston University. Visit her at theodoragoss.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705516917010,"sku":"9781616964405","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f0f1fdb-06a5-4089-a8f1-f3dc29b6b8c8.jpg?v=1762348494","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}