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Dressing Up for the Carnival

Dressing Up for the Carnival

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: stories that stretch how we see the world
Review: It's hard to describe the effect of these stories -- perhaps mindbending would be as close as you can get. Who else would devote whole stories to keys, or a meteorologist strike or the founder of a nudist camp? My only small complaint is that at times some of the stories, especially those taking place in the academic realm, are almost too clever for their own good. The collection as a whole though is strong and quite imaginative and profound. Shields is certainly an interesting writer -- there is nary a dull moment and some quite enlightening ones.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Elegant, surprising stories
Review: Meteorologists go on strike and the weather disappears; a summer home has no mirrors anywhere, not even any shiny pots to see yourself in; a young boy goes to a nudist camp with his grandpa - these are gorgeous, magical, surprising stories.


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