{"product_id":"letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","title":"Letters from an Imaginary Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoam through the captivating stories of World Fantasy and Mythopoeic Award winner Theodora Goss (the \u003c\/i\u003eAthena Club\u003ci\u003e trilogy). This themed collection of imaginary places, with three new stories, recalls Susanna Clarke's alternate Europe and the surreal metafictions of Jorge Luis Borges. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The elegance of Goss's work has never ceased to amaze me.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Catherynne M. Valente, author of\u003c\/i\u003e The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe infamous girl monsters of nineteenth-century fiction gather in London and form their own club. In the imaginary country of Thüle, characters from folklore band together to fight a dictator. An intrepid girl reporter finds the hidden land of Oz--and joins its invasion of our world. The author writes the autobiography of her alternative life and a science fiction love letter to Budapest. The White Witch conquers England with snow and silence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply influenced by the author's Hungarian childhood during the regime of the Soviet Union, each of these intricate stories engages with storytelling and identity, including Goss's own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17707393\"\u003eTheodora Goss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616964405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1616964405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC009040\"\u003eFantasy | Collections \u0026amp; Anthologies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC104000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Hungary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award-winning author and poet Theodora Goss was born in Hungary, and spent her childhood in various European countries before her family moved to the United States. Goss is the author of the novel trilogy \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short story and poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eIn the Forest of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSongs for Ophelia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSnow White Learns Witchcraft\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and Shirley Jackson Awards, as well as on the Tiptree Award Honor List. Goss's work has also been translated into fifteen languages. Currently, she teaches at several creative writing workshops, and in written, oral, and visual rhetoric at Boston University. Visit her at theodoragoss.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tachyon Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44412905652363,"sku":"9781616964405","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_1af9428f-1fa2-46f6-8a2f-968c548b2304.jpg?v=1761234191","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}