The Winds Of Marble Arch And Other Stories

A collection of 23 novellas and short stories by the author including it s a wonderful life fire watch even the queen the last of the winnebagos nonstop to portales newsletter just like the ones we used to know cash crop daisy in the sun the winds of marble arch the soul selects her own society a letter from the clearys chance at the rialto and all my darling daughters.

The winds of marble arch and other stories.

Subterranean 40 0p isbn 978 1 59606 110 1. There is a great variety of willis work represented here so whether you re a die hard fan or just starting this book cannot possibly disappoint. Tom and his wife are visiting london so tom can attend an academic conference while his wife goes shopping with a friend. We ve collected stories from throughout willis s career from early ones like cash crop and daisy in the sun right up to her newest stories including the wonderful the winds of marble arch there s literally something for everyone here.

Winds of marble arch and other stories. More by and about this author. The winds of marble arch and other stories connie willis author. Starting from some inexplicable meteorological phenomenon like a blast of fetid air no one else in london s tube tunnels can feel or smell the winds of marble arch whirls its hapless narrator through one strange event after another until finally his troubled marriage reaches an otherwise impossible transformation into leaves and lilacs and love.

Pw talks with connie willis. The stories cover the entire spectrum from sad to sparkling to terrifying from classics to hard to find treasures with everything in between orangutans egypt earthworms roast goose college professors mothers in law aliens secret codes secret santas tube stations choir practice the post office the green light on daisy s dock weddings divorces death and assorted plagues from scarlet fever to it s a wonderful life. I read an audio version of the winds of marble arch not the other stories originally posted at fanlit. A collection of 23 novellas and short stories by the author including it s a wonderful life fire watch even the queen the last of the winnebagos nonstop to portales newsletter just like the ones we used to know cash crop daisy in the sun the winds of marble arch the soul selects her own society a letter from the clearys chance at the rialto and all my darling daughters.