Magic for Beginners -- Kelly Link

Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Karen Russell, Neil Gaiman, and Aimee Bender, <i>Magic for Beginners </i>is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity.<i> </i>These stories are at once ingenious and deeply moving. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated. <p/><b>Includes an exclusive conversation between Kelly Link and Joe Hill</b> <p/><b>Praise for <i>Magic for Beginners</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> "A sorceress to be reckoned with."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> " Kelly] Link's stories . . . play in a place few writers go, a netherworld between literature and fantasy, Alice Munro and J. K. Rowling, and Link finds truths there that most authors wouldn't dare touch."<b>--Lev Grossman, <i>Time</i></b> <p/> "She is unique and should be declared a national treasure."<b>--Neil Gaiman </b> <p/> "Funny, scary, surprising and powerfully moving within the span of a single story or even a single sentence."<b>--Karen Russell, <i>The Miami Herald</i></b> <p/> "This is what certain readers live for: fiction that makes the world instead of merely mimicking it."<b>--Audrey Niffenegger</b> <p/> " These] exquisite stories mix the aggravations and epiphanies of everyday life with the stuff that legends, dreams and nightmares are made of."<b>--Laura Miller, <i>Salon, </i