Praise for elizabeth hands other work a superior stylist. Elizabeth hand audio books, best sellers, author bio. Mortal love is a wildly intelligent, dangerously sexy read. In fantasist hands crowded seventh novel, the collision of our known world with the. Jun 28, 2005 i didnt enjoy elizabeth hand s mortal love as much as i enjoyed her earlier novel, waking the moon, but it was still worth reading. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Her novels and stories, from mortal love and winterlong to bibliomancy and last summer at mars hill, display a rare integrity and honesty. Elizabeth hand biography life, family, children, parents. Hand ventured into more mainstream fiction with her next work, mortal love. Lush, thrilling, and erotically charged, a triumph of suspense and dazzling imagination, elizabeth hand s mortal love is an extraordinary work that spans more than a century, uniting genius past and present with strange, tensile strands of inspiration, obsession, and lust. Its a three in one story of three different men having obsessive relationships with a muse.
Mortal love is one of those books that falls between two quite disparate ambitions of the author. Michael dirda, washington post book world at once a painting in prose, an investigation into artistic obsession and a reevaluation. Read mortal love by elizabeth hand available from rakuten kobo. Hand s first story, prince of flowers, was published in 1988 in twilight zone magazine, and her first novel, winterlong, was published in 1990. A couple of years after seeing patti smith perform, elizabeth hand flunked out of college and became involved in the nascent punk scenes in dc and nyc. Mortal love by elizabeth hand goodreads share book. Discover elizabeth hands curious toys and more crossgenre. Mortal love by elizabeth hand, 9780060755348, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every. Mortal love by elizabeth hand overdrive rakuten overdrive. The following is a list of her most highly rated books, according to. The premise is like the muse 1999 with an execution more like the angel of forgetfulness by steve stern. Mortal love was also shortlisted for the 2005 mythopoeic fantasy award for adult literature.
She is a longtime contributor to numerous publications, including the washington post book world and the village voice literary supplement. Acclaimed crime writer elizabeth hand returns to her cultfavorite series. Byatts possession and peter straubs ghost story, but its an original work of considerable sensuous forcethanks to entertaining cameo appearances by amusingly libidinous and hysterical poet a. Mortal love is the third of elizabeth hands novels that i have read.
Swinburne and truculent historianfolklorist lady wilde oscars mother, as well as hands. Jun 28, 2005 a new york times notable and multiple award winning author, elizabeth hand has written seven novels, including the cult classic waking the moon, and shortstory collections. Last summer at mars hill glimmering waking the moon the. And in modernday london, american journalist daniel rowland is attempting to write a book called mortal love, a study of the legend of. Elizabeth hand is one of the best fantasists of her generation and one of the finest prose stylists of the past 20 years. Elizabeth hand books list of books by author elizabeth hand. In fantasist hands crowded seventh novel, the collision of our known world with the lushly erotic, magicinflected one of faerie bedevils mortal protagonists. On the one hand, she wants to give us glimpses of what powerful, visionary artists like shelley, yeats, swinburne and some of the preraphaelites experienced that led them to produce great art, and how the art was inextricably entwined with a madness, an inability to accept the real world as, well, real at all. The narrative skips around a bit from character to character, which gets a little confusing, but the story is compelling and the characters themselves are interesting. Books by elizabeth hand authors like elizabeth hand what. Mortal love is frequently as much a horror novel as a fantasy.
Hand is a dynamic author who doesnt limit herself to genre or form, which means that she has a lot to explore. Mortal love by elizabeth hand nook book ebook barnes. In the victorian age, a mysterious and irresistible woman becomes entwined in the lives of several artists, both as a muse and as the object of allconsuming. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading mortal love. Radborne comstock, one of the early twentieth centurys most brilliant young painters, is helpless under her dangerous spell. Published by william morrow in 2004, the novel has elements of fantasy fiction as well as historical romance in its multiple storylines. Elizabeth hand is a bestselling of crossgenre novels and collections of essays and short stories. Mortal love by elizabeth hand book cover, description, publication history. Jun 29, 2004 mortal love by elizabeth hand was the third of her novels ive read. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Locus on mortal love elizabeth hand has the written the best book of her generation.
Hand does for upstate new york what stephen king has done for rural maine in this wellwritten but decidedly creepy dark fantasy about a bohemian bedroom community and artists colony located about an. Elizabeth describes herself as a visionary writer, with a longstanding interest in outsider artists, the subjects of much of my short fiction as well as my most recent novels, the forthcoming psychological thriller generation loss, about an emotionally damaged protopunk photographer, and 2004s mortal love, inspired by the life and work of. Jun 21, 2018 mortal love by elizabeth hand hands sublime book leaps from one century to another, from one artist to another, exploring the popular and often destructive ideas around art, madness, drugs, and. Swirling between eras and continents, mortal love is an intense novel of unforgettable characters caught in a whirlwind of art, love, and intrigue. In the victorian age, a mysterious and irresistible woman becomes entwined in the lives of several.
Elizabeth hand born march 29, 1957 is an american writer. United states english fiction goddesses horror tales, american washington d. Directly across from him, separated by thirty feet and the seething throng of vehicles and foot traffic. In the victorian age, a mysterious and irresistible woman becomes entw. She has been known for writing some of the most intriguing science fiction, fantasy and horror novels that have earned her wide readership and critical acclaim. Mortal love, by elizabeth hand a woman was on the bridge. She also lives parttime in camden town, london which has been the setting for mortal love and the short story cleopatra brimstone. If youve already read and enjoyed curious toys, or simply want to explore more of elizabeth hands backlist, why not start with her most popular books. Elizabeth hand is one of american literatures finest prose poets of the fantastic. Mortal love by elizabeth hand i picked this up in austin at half price books after having one hell of a time finding a good independent used bookstore there. Not horror in the sense of bloodspattered monsters or vampires, but the horror of. A brilliant novel like elizabeth hand s recent mortal love deserves all the readers it can get. From elizabeth hand, one of americas leading literary fantasists, comes a collection of extraordinary novellas of damnation and dark revelation, epiphany and redemption. Her works blend elements of fairy tales, the supernatural, and shakespeare, and this work.
Tess gerritsen, author of the silent girl a sinful pleasure. Mortal love is bewitching, sexy, creepy and, under all, dazzlingly romantic. Michael dirda, washington post book world the novel succeeds as both a thriller and a meditation on the mysterious nature of inspiration. Katherine dunn, author of geek love no one is innocent, no one unexamined in awardwinner elizabeth hands. A brilliant novel like elizabeth hands recent mortal love deserves all the readers it can get.
Mercurial larkin meade may hold the key to lost artistic masterpieces, and to secrets too devastating to imagine. Available dark by elizabeth hand, carol monda, audio cd. In the victorian age, a mysterious and irresistible woman becomes entwined in the lives of several artists, both as a muse and as the object of allconsuming obsession. See all books authored by elizabeth hand, including poes children. Photographer cass neary is hardup for cash and in more danger than she realizes. Elizabeth hand is a writer whose vision, and whose writing into that extraordinary vision of hers, is exceptional bradford morrow. Her novels are powerfully lyrical, suffused with visionary agony and dreamlike eroticism. A crime novel by hand, elizabeth and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. There is an intellectual puzzle of identification at the root of the story, but hand spends more effort on the emotional tone, on human reactions to something, someone, too strong for human sanity. Swirling between eras and continents, mortal love is an intense novel of unforgettable characters caught in a whirlwind.
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