White Cat, Black Dog: Stories -- Kelly Link

<b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER - <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>EDITORS' CHOICE - "The Brothers Grimm meet <i>Black Mirror</i> meets <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>. . . . In seven remixed fairy tales, Link delivers wit and dreamlike intrigue."--<i>Time</i></b> <p/> <b>Finalist for the Kirkus Prize - "Thought-provoking and wonderfully told . . . so seamlessly entwines the real with the surreal that the stories threaten to slip into reality, resonating long after reading."--<i>BuzzFeed</i></b> <p/> <b>A new collection from one of today's finest short story writers, MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist <i>Get in Trouble</i>--featuring illustrations by award-winning artist Shaun Tan</b> <p/>Finding seeds of inspiration in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers--characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. <p/>In "The White Cat's Divorce," an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which child will become his heir. In "The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear," a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In "Skinder's Veil," a young man agrees to take