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Roam through the captivating stories of World Fantasy and Mythopoeic Award winner Theodora Goss (the Athena Club 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.
[STARRED REVIEW] ‘Each story in Goss’s perfectly titled collection features stamps from fantastical worlds.’ —Library Journal
The 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.
Deeply 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.
Genre: Fantasy
[STARRED REVIEW] ‘Each story in Goss’s perfectly titled collection features stamps from fantastical worlds.’ —Library Journal
The 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.
Deeply 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.
Genre: Fantasy
Praise for this book
"Literary, lyrical, lovely. An elegant waltz through history and literature, with a fantastical turn." - Marie Brennan
"Wildly imaginative, gloriously sneaky, delicious tales of monsters and the terrible and beautiful sublimity of the imagination." - Cory Doctorow
"The worlds in Theodora Goss' wondrous collection Letters from an Imaginary Country are tantalizingly, dangerously close to our own. These love letters to storytelling are sharp-witted and illuminating." - David Ebenbach
"In the tradition of great modern fantasists like Angela Carter and Marina Warner, Theodora Goss's sublime tales are modern classics-beautiful, sly, sensual and deeply moving." - Elizabeth Hand
"Through prose and poetry, Goss shines her unique light into the fairytale forest--and many bright eyes gleam back." - Margo Lanagan
"The elegance of Goss's work has never ceased to amaze me." - Catherynne M Valente
"Theodora Goss' luminous collection explores duality and liminality in identity, belonging, and setting. Goss' formidable powers as an observer and storyteller are showcased in these beautiful stories." - Fran Wilde
"Wildly imaginative, gloriously sneaky, delicious tales of monsters and the terrible and beautiful sublimity of the imagination." - Cory Doctorow
"The worlds in Theodora Goss' wondrous collection Letters from an Imaginary Country are tantalizingly, dangerously close to our own. These love letters to storytelling are sharp-witted and illuminating." - David Ebenbach
"In the tradition of great modern fantasists like Angela Carter and Marina Warner, Theodora Goss's sublime tales are modern classics-beautiful, sly, sensual and deeply moving." - Elizabeth Hand
"Through prose and poetry, Goss shines her unique light into the fairytale forest--and many bright eyes gleam back." - Margo Lanagan
"The elegance of Goss's work has never ceased to amaze me." - Catherynne M Valente
"Theodora Goss' luminous collection explores duality and liminality in identity, belonging, and setting. Goss' formidable powers as an observer and storyteller are showcased in these beautiful stories." - Fran Wilde
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