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A FLOATING WORLD: STORIES

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Date Issued:
2010
Abstract/Description:
A Floating World is a collection of short stories inspired by fairy tales. Often set in worlds where the mundane and the fantastic come together, these stories explore moments of strangeness that slip beyond the bounds of realist fiction. Fantastical events intrude into mundane reality as characters attempt to reconcile the known with the unknowable.
Title: A FLOATING WORLD: STORIES.
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Name(s): Best, Karen, Author
Jensen, Toni, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2010
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: A Floating World is a collection of short stories inspired by fairy tales. Often set in worlds where the mundane and the fantastic come together, these stories explore moments of strangeness that slip beyond the bounds of realist fiction. Fantastical events intrude into mundane reality as characters attempt to reconcile the known with the unknowable.
Identifier: CFE0003076 (IID), ucf:48309 (fedora)
Note(s): 2010-05-01
M.F.A.
Arts and Humanities, Department of English
Masters
This record was generated from author submitted information.
Subject(s): fiction
magical realism
fairy tales
interstitial fiction
short stories
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0003076
Restrictions on Access: campus 2011-04-01
Host Institution: UCF

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