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| Original Title: | Black Juice |
| ISBN: | 0060743921 (ISBN13: 9780060743925) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Short Fiction for "Singing My Sister Down" (2004), Hugo Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "Singing My Sister Down" (2006), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Short Story for "Singing My Sister Down" (2005), International Horror Guild Award Nominee for Best Short Form for "Singing My Sister Down" (2004), World Fantasy Award for Best Collection and for Best Short Fiction for "Singing My Sister Down" (2005) Ditmar Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story for "Singing My Sister Down" (2005), Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Nominee for "Singing My Sister Down" (2005), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2006), Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction Prize (2004), Aurealis Award for Young Adult Short Story and Short Story (Golden Aurealis) for "Singing My Sister Down" (2004) |
Margo Lanagan
Paperback | Pages: 259 pages Rating: 3.72 | 1284 Users | 230 Reviews
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| Title | : | Black Juice |
| Author | : | Margo Lanagan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 259 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2006 by Eos (first published December 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Horror |
Interpretation During Books Black Juice
In this extraordinary short story collection, human frailty is put to the test by the relentless forces of dark and light, man and beast. Each tale offers glimpses into familiar, shadowy worlds that push the boundaries of the spirit and leave the mind haunted with the knowledge that black juice runs through us all.Contents:
Earthly Uses (2004)
House of the Many (2004)
My Lord's Man (2004)
Perpetual Light (2004)
Red Nose Day (2004)
Rite of Spring (2004)
Singing My Sister Down (2004)
Sweet Pippit (2004)
Wooden Bride (2004)
Yowlinin (2004)
Rating Regarding Books Black Juice
Ratings: 3.72 From 1284 Users | 230 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Black Juice
Posted at Shelf Inflicted Based on a Goodreads friends review, I went to the library in search of Margo Lanagans Tender Morsels. It was not available, so I borrowed a collection of short stories titled Black Juice. A little review on the back by author John Marsden caught my eye: I want to hire a plane and write BLACK JUICE across the sky so that people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories. Indeed, each story in this collection is richly described, dark and disturbing. Almost tooPosted at Shelf Inflicted Based on a Goodreads friends review, I went to the library in search of Margo Lanagans Tender Morsels. It was not available, so I borrowed a collection of short stories titled Black Juice. A little review on the back by author John Marsden caught my eye: I want to hire a plane and write BLACK JUICE across the sky so that people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories. Indeed, each story in this collection is richly described, dark and disturbing. Almost too
Im really not even sure what to say about this collection of weirdness. I certainly cant deny that Lanagan has a distinct style and writes in a way I can only describe as striking. These stories all came quite vividly to life, but unfortunately, they felt incomplete. I was completely confused through the majority of them, and the stories never felt really explained or properly wrapped up. I found myself reaching the end of each one and thinking, wheres the rest? What did I miss? None of them
Review originally posted at Eve's Alexandria. Some spoilers.--Margo Lanagan's stories get under your skin. They seem to slide in sideways, exploiting gaps you didn't know you had, lodging themselves in the recesses of your mind.Take 'Singing My Sister Down', the first story of this collection. The story's action consists entirely of a condemned young woman sinking to her death in a tar pit, watched by her blood-family (who have accompanied her onto the tar), her family-by-marriage (sitting
Each of the ten short stories in this collection should devastate you as a reader and as a writer. They are dark, uncompromising glimpses of vulnerability--not always human, and when human, not always precisely human--and sometimes that vulnerability does not end in a relieved return to safety. It is a marvel that these stories are told from such alien perspectives yet still fill us with so fierce an empathy for such strange characters in such peculiar straits. The one narrated by elephants is
Wouldn't class this as a horror, like it's described - only one or two I would class as light horror because of their disturbing story. It took a while to grasp each story, but they were good fantasy short stories, overall. Some didn't quite grasp my attention, but nonetheless were good.
This was such a strange little collection of short stories. All of them started right off in the midst of strange locations or strange cultures, and you had to just figure things out as you went along. And by the time you did, the strange, disturbing little story was over. Everything was very dark and mysterious, and I was sure if I was supposed to like or loathe the protagonists. A little of both. The theme was about tapping into those dark places that everyone has, that you don't want to quite
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