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When the World Wounds

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780991336159 Author(s): Kiini Salaam Format: Paperback Year: 2016 Publisher: Third Man Books Dimensions: 152 x 0 x 210 (w x l x h) Pages: 130

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Description: 'Salaam treats words like the seductive weapons they are. She wields them to weave fierce, gorgeous stories that stroke your sensibilities, challenge your preconceptions and leave you breathless with their beauty.'--Nalo Hopkinson, Author of the Nebula nominated novel The New Moon's Arms Kiini Ibura Salaam's short stories (and the characters who inhabit them) are vital, fantastic in all senses of the word, audacious and tender.'--Kelly Link, author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated collection Get In Trouble In this eagerly-awaited collection, Kiini Ibura Salaam continues her exploration of the dark, the sensual, and the mysterious with fiction that disturbs, delights, and dazzles. The five stories and one novella collected in When the World Wounds examine the tumultuous nature of the human condition through such wild imaginings as sensual encounters with deer, escapism in a dystopic prison, and volcano women. In 'The Taming,' a lupine creature is trapped by beasts whose nefarious nature is beyond their prey's understanding. In 'Hemmie's Calenture,' a woman escaping enslavement is thrust into a war between gods. 'The Pull of the Wing' is the prequel to Salaam's wildly popular Of Wings, Nectar, and Ancestors trilogy. 'Because of the Bone Man' transports readers to the desolate landscape of post-Katrina New Orleans and the struggle of the city's culture bearers to carry on. A welcome follow-up to Salaam's award-winning Ancient, Ancient, When the World Wo