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missingvolume ([personal profile] missingvolume) wrote2014-02-14 10:31 am

#13 Alabaster: Pale Horse by Caitlin R Kiernan, Daniel Chabon

I assumed this was going to be a graphic novel of her stories but this is more of short story collection with some illustrations. Dancy Flammarion is a young albino girl hitchhiking in the South following an angel's instructions to kill monsters. The stories are interconnected  but clues within the stories make you wonder is this real or a fantasy. Dark and full of symbolism the writing is lush and expects the reader to keep up with it and doesn't dumb down anything. Not my usual read but I think I will be looking for more in this series of stories.


Digital copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley