{"product_id":"letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","title":"Letters from an Imaginary Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoam through the captivating stories of World Fantasy and Mythopoeic Award winner Theodora Goss (the \u003c\/i\u003eAthena Club\u003ci\u003e 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. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The elegance of Goss's work has never ceased to amaze me.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Catherynne M. Valente, author of\u003c\/i\u003e The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeeply 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616964405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theodora Goss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51730238374069,"sku":"9781616964405","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2f79a887-debf-402c-832e-253305f72ec4.jpg?v=1758004639","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/letters-from-an-imaginary-country-9781616964405","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}