Fata Morgana by Kotzwinkle, William and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru · Fata Morgana ebook By William Kotzwinkle. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Save Not today. Format. ebook. ISBN. Author. William Kotzwinkle. · Fata Morgana is a historical detective story with elements of fantasy. The key to making this unusual combination work is the book's excellent protagonist, Inspector Picard.
Authors: William Kotzwinkle. This item is from the Robert Weinberg Collection. Robert Weinberg, is a well-known and respected author, editor and collector. Features: AF/VG. Owners bookplate on front free Endpaper. If I had to describe William Kotzwinkle's novel FATA MORGANA in two words, they would be "pure magic." There is magic everywhere for things are rarely as they seem. We have (whores) and magicians, fortune-tellers, court magicians, masks and mirrors, more masks and mirrors, the Paris opera, [has there ever been an opera plot before the. Fata Morgana. William Kotzwinkle. $; $; Publisher Description. From the award-winning legend of speculative fiction, "a witty sendup of the detective story" with "a richness of invention that doffs a hat to Dickens" (Chicago Tribune).
Probably the best known (and certainly best reviewed) of all Kotzwinkle's work, Fata Morgana is a detective story with a big slice of fantasy on the side. Set in Paris of , there is a mysterious fortune telling machine, a beautiful woman who is bought and sold, and a sense of larger forces being at work. Highly recommended. The title of this book, "Fata Morgana," sets the stage for this piece which is a mirage of colorful threads intricately woven together to form a shimmering work of material that is delightful and entertaining. I have read this work several times and find myself enchanted and pleasantly stunned by enchantment that is laid in front of the reader. Bantam Books released a pair of Kotzwinkle’s popular early fantasies in matching paperback editions: Doctor Rat and Fata Morgana (), his fifth novel. Fata Morgana, a genre-blending hard-boiled detective/fantasy, follows Inspector Picard as he investigates a conjurer whose fortune-telling machine is causing a sensation in Paris.
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