"Shimmering, seductive characters dance across the pages of City of Night Birds , immersing you in the world of a prima ballerina fulfilling her most beautiful and terrible ambitions. In this absorbing and passionate novel, Juhea Kim writes with fierce emotional intelligence about the darkness and desire that drive art and love, asking, What does it take to live a life beyond your wildest dreams?" -- Meng Jin, author of Self-Portrait with Ghost and Little Gods "An ecstatic k???nstlerroman--meticulously researched, ...
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"Shimmering, seductive characters dance across the pages of City of Night Birds , immersing you in the world of a prima ballerina fulfilling her most beautiful and terrible ambitions. In this absorbing and passionate novel, Juhea Kim writes with fierce emotional intelligence about the darkness and desire that drive art and love, asking, What does it take to live a life beyond your wildest dreams?" -- Meng Jin, author of Self-Portrait with Ghost and Little Gods "An ecstatic k???nstlerroman--meticulously researched, brutally frank, and deliciously glamorous, City of Night Birds enraptures as thoroughly as the ballerina at its beating heart. The artistry possessed by this novel's sublimely gifted heroine is rivaled only by that of her author. Brava, Juhea Kim!" -- Rachel Lyon, author of Fruit of the Dead and Self-Portrait with Boy "A beautifully crafted must read. City of Night Birds is a book that lingers long after the final pages have come and gone." -- Jason Mott, National Book Award-winning author of Hell of a Book "Riveting. . . . Kim weaves in plot threads involving the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the tabloid press, and celebrity parties, as well as complications related to various expressions of sexual desire to show that no form of art can exist separately from the complexity of life. . . . Another brilliant page-turner from Kim . . . .Written in sumptuous prose, Kim's novel is a feast for the senses." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. B0006D95G6. First edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a few small chips, age toning), price clipped dust jacket.; 208 pages.
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207, [1] pp. Text decorations. Index. A popular social history of tea-drinking customs in England and the United States. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in an elegant and unusual specialty custom three-guarter leather and marbled paper-covered board covers, with gilt-lettered spine with 2 raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A few small scuff marks to leather, ink inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper (quite charming): 'For our dear friend Miss Potter whose tea is the best we've drunk on this side of the Atlantic. ', else fine.