num_pages: 140
description: The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold is a lavishly poetic novel that draws upon the motifs of traditional German, Russian and Yiddish folklore and fairy stories to recount the visionary obsessions of a passionate young woman. The narrative moves freely through time and space, uniting Ketzia Gold's early childhood with her sexual awakenings, creating a dreamscape of haunting vividness. Marked by a logical illogic and disarmingly sane madness, this haunting and innovative fable creates an emotional landscape that's as impossible to escape as it is for young Ketzia to inhabit. Kate Bernheimer interweaves hypnotic imagery and everyday life, moving back and forth through time, piecing together the fragments of memory and imagination with an obsessive lyricism that recalls the poetic fictions of Carol Maso. Bernheimer's story is a rich tapestry, patterned with childhood longings and the luxuriant complexity of womanhood.
language: English
title: The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold
titlecomplete: The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold
genres: Fairy Tales, Retellings, Fantasy, Short Stories, Novels, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 161
series: The Gold Family Tales
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Fiction (Finalist)
publisher: Fiction Collective 2