Extreme Magic

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480437395

<DIV><DIV><b>The recognition of failure and success is the theme of these eight short stories and the title novella from three-time National Book Award finalist Hortense Calisher</b></div><DIV><i><BR>Extreme Magic </i>is Hortense Calisher&rsquo;s third collection of shorter works, after <i>In the Absence of Angels</i> (1951) and <i>Tale for the Mirror</i> (1962). Follow a drifting husband as he returns home and finds middle age in &ldquo;A Christmas Carillon.&rdquo; Listen with a daughter as she overhears a painful argument between her parents in &ldquo;The Gulf Between.&rdquo; Travel with a broken man as he heals after a tragic loss in &ldquo;Extreme Magic.&rdquo; Once again, Calisher captivates with her expressionistic prose and intricate characters.</div></div>