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by Rikki Ducornet
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The Fountains of Neptune (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by Rikki Ducornet |
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In the short stories of Rikki Ducornet, desire takes on many forms: an ivory chessboard, the Stations of the Cross, a fleeting glance at an unknown woman. And it happens in many different times and places, from turn-of-the-century Mexico to 1930s upstate New York. The 12 stories collected in The Word "Desire" examine the many aspects of passion: betrayed love, cowardly love, transcendent love--they're all here in Ducornet's erotic universe, described in rich, lyrical prose.
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The author of Phospor in Dreamland (LJ 10/15/95) here displays her linguistic mastery to fine effect. The 12 stories, set in an array of locales and historical periods, depict variations of erotic longing. Ducornet's characters?not all of them human?endure moments of exquisite or tortuous passion. In the haunting "The Neurosis of Containment," a repressed Thirties spinster suddenly finds (or imagines) herself cavorting with dark angels in a Hudson River manor garden. The young Mexican priest in "The Foxed Mirror" loses heart and soul to a wild artist spinning children's tops on his own flesh. In "Wormwood," a little girl at her grandfather's deathbed is startled by the secret sensuality of a grotesque carving. The title story explores graphically the self-annihilations of physical love. Distinguished by evocative language and poetic imagery, these sophisticated, clever tales belong in most collections of literary fiction.?Starr Smith, Marymount Univ. Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In the short stories of Rikki Ducornet, desire takes on many forms: an ivory chessboard, the Stations of the Cross, a fleeting glance at an unknown woman. And it happens in many different times and places, from turn-of-the-century Mexico to 1930s upstate New York. The 12 stories collected in The Word "Desire" examine the many aspects of passion: betrayed love, cowardly love, transcendent love--they're all here in Ducornet's erotic universe, described in rich, lyrical prose.
From Library Journal
The author of Phospor in Dreamland (LJ 10/15/95) here displays her linguistic mastery to fine effect. The 12 stories, set in an array of locales and historical periods, depict variations of erotic longing. Ducornet's characters?not all of them human?endure moments of exquisite or tortuous passion. In the haunting "The Neurosis of Containment," a repressed Thirties spinster suddenly finds (or imagines) herself cavorting with dark angels in a Hudson River manor garden. The young Mexican priest in "The Foxed Mirror" loses heart and soul to a wild artist spinning children's tops on his own flesh. In "Wormwood," a little girl at her grandfather's deathbed is startled by the secret sensuality of a grotesque carving. The title story explores graphically the self-annihilations of physical love. Distinguished by evocative language and poetic imagery, these sophisticated, clever tales belong in most collections of literary fiction.?Starr Smith, Marymount Univ. Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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