Get in Trouble

Name: Get in Trouble
Author: Kelly Link
ISBN: 1782113851

by Kelly Link · 2015

SHE HAS BEEN HAILED BY MICHAEL CHABON as "the most darkly playful voice in American fiction" and by Neil Gaiman as "a national treasure." Now Kelly Link's eagerly awaited new collection--her first for adult readers in a decade--proves indelibly that this bewitchingly original writer is among the finest we have. Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In "The Summer People," a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house.…

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NPR Books We Love

"These days some of my favorite reading experiences are those books and stories where fantasy, science fiction and realism get all mixed up in a deliciously intriguing package. Kelly Link’s collection, Get in Trouble, falls into that category. Each story introduces you to another world, from boyfriends who are literally unreal to a superpowered lovers’ reunion in a ghostly theme park. The first story, “The Summer People,” begins as a straightforward tale of a girl in rural North Carolina, and gives no hint of the mysterious place it will take you before it is over. Link has a gift for creating characters with emotional lives that feel deeply human even in situations that bear no relation to reality."

NPR Books We Love — 2015 · apps.npr.org

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