Rise: Stories (Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction)

by L Annette Binder

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The stories in Rise are fairytales, except that the witch, lucky Hans, and the frog prince are characters at the fringes of everyday life. There are rockets, swells of starlings, and children who disappear into thin air. L. Annette Binder writes magical tales with authority and restraint, and we believe her stories, every one.

"The complex interweaving of themes, rendered through precise detail, is akin to a powerful subterranean disturbance that sends seismographs jumping but leaves few visible effects."
—Starred Review, Publishers Weekly

"L. Annette Binder’s Rise is a wondrous debut collection of her stories, any one...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781936747313
  • Publish Date 20 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Sarabande Books, Incorporated
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 168
  • Language English