The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies
Subtitle: A Novel
By: by Pamela Ditchoff.
Publisher: Coffee House Press; Distributor, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published: September 1, 1995
Place of publication: Minneapolis, USA; Saint Paul, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781566890359
Description: Eminently human and ultimately joyful. The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies is a compelling novel full of humor, pathos, revulsion, and love. Mixing fact and imagination, this fictional oral history about "human oddities" includes figures such as Aesop, Catherine the Great, Tom Thumb, and Jo-Jo. The Russian Dog-Faced Boy in a provocative story that extends from Ancient Egypt to 18th Century England to 20th Century America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]).