ISBN: 0307493253 9780307493255

Category: Fiction / Short Stories (single author)

Page count: 224

<p>"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>Aimee Bender’s <i>Willful Creatures </i>conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman’s children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of surrealism, musical prose, and keenly felt emotion, Bender once again proves herself to be a masterful chronicler of the human condition.</p>