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-- First paperback edition. -- A ghost story unfolds simultaneously across three centuries and two continents; a young cannibal details the daily life and appetites of his clan; a man slowly, and without pain or blood, loses his limbs, his tongue, and his sight. A collection culled from Coleman Dowell's entire career, The Houses of Children displays the wide range of his talent in a dense and beautifully stylistic prose. -- Coleman Dowell is the author of five novels including Island People and Mrs. October Was Here, and a memoir, A Star-Bright Lie, which won an Editor's Choice Lambda Literary Award. -- First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987).

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"Strange stories of strange occurances that Dowell turns to effects variously comic, poignant, tragic, ghostly, earthly, or fantastic." -- Booklist "Dowell demonstrates a love of words for their own sake. His prose ranges from enigmatic metaphor to brilliant epiphany." -- Los Angeles Times "A mature and uncommonly gifted stylist." -- Gilbert Sorrentino

Houses of Children

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    A Paperback / softback by Coleman Dowell, Dowell Coleman

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      Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
      Published 19 October 2000
      ISBN-13 9781564782571
      978-1564782571
      ISBN-10 1564782573
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      Book Synopsis
      -- First paperback edition. -- A ghost story unfolds simultaneously across three centuries and two continents; a young cannibal details the daily life and appetites of his clan; a man slowly, and without pain or blood, loses his limbs, his tongue, and his sight. A collection culled from Coleman Dowell's entire career, The Houses of Children displays the wide range of his talent in a dense and beautifully stylistic prose. -- Coleman Dowell is the author of five novels including Island People and Mrs. October Was Here, and a memoir, A Star-Bright Lie, which won an Editor's Choice Lambda Literary Award. -- First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987).

      Trade Review
      "Strange stories of strange occurances that Dowell turns to effects variously comic, poignant, tragic, ghostly, earthly, or fantastic." -- Booklist "Dowell demonstrates a love of words for their own sake. His prose ranges from enigmatic metaphor to brilliant epiphany." -- Los Angeles Times "A mature and uncommonly gifted stylist." -- Gilbert Sorrentino

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