In the Cities of Coin and Spice and In the Night Garden introduced readers to the unique and intoxicating imagination of Catherynne M. Valente. Now she weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger's kiss..
Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse - a voyage permitted only to those who've always believed there's another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They've each lost something important - a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life - and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.
Genre: Fantasy
Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse - a voyage permitted only to those who've always believed there's another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers: Oleg, a New York locksmith; the beekeeper November; Ludovico, a binder of rare books; and a young Japanese woman named Sei. They've each lost something important - a wife, a lover, a sister, a direction in life - and what they will find in Palimpsest is more than they could ever imagine.
Genre: Fantasy
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February 2009 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Palimpsest Author(s): Catherynne M. Valente ISBN: 1-4418-7016-4 / 978-1-4418-7016-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2010 : Audio CD
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August 2010 : Audio CD
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August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Palimpsest Author(s): Catherynne M. Valente ISBN: 1-4418-7019-9 / 978-1-4418-7019-3 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
August 2010 : Unknown
| Title: Palimpsest (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Catherynne Valente ISBN: 1-4418-7871-8 / 978-1-4418-7871-7 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 2009 : Kindle edition
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