num_pages: 146
description: A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus; a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a fly-blown Southern brothel; and a transfigured Mary Magdalene steps out of the canvases of Donatello and de la Tour.
language: English
title: American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
titlecomplete: American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
characters: Lizzie Borden
genres: Magical Realism, British Literature, Fantasy, Gothic, Short Stories, 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 416
publisher: Vintage