num_pages: 142
description: Enter the strange and wonderful world of Swedish sensation Karin Tidbeck with this feast of darkly fantastical stories. Whether through the falsified historical record of the uniquely weird Swedish creature known as the Pyret or the title story Jagannath about a biological ark in the far future Tidbecks unique imagination will enthrall amuse and unsettle you. How else to describe a collection that includes Cloudberry Jam a story that opens with the line I made you in a tin can? Marvels quirky character studies and outright surreal monstrosities await you in what is likely to be one of the most talked-about short story collections of the year.Tidbeck is a rising star in their native country having published a collection there in Swedish won a prestigious literary grant and just sold their first novel to Swedens largest publisher. A graduate of the iconic Clarion Writers Workshop at the University of California San Diego in 2010 their publication history includes Weird Tales Shimmer Magazine Unstuck Annual and the anthology Odd.
language: English
title: Jagannath
publisher: Cheeky Frawg Books