Blight
Subtitle: a novel
By: by D.H. Melhem ; illustrations by Christopher Maynard.
Publisher: Riverrun Press; Calder Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Description: A man discovers his garden is inhabited by elves and falls in love with one of them. He is drawn into their conflicts and takes part in a plot to assassinate their tyrannical leader. The new leader tries to steal the gardener's love, so he kills him as well. An allegory on life, with illustrations, by the author of Heroism in New Black Poetry.