Books by amie barrodale, joy williams, hubert mingarelli. Apr 24, 2011 rikki ducornet can create an unsettling, dreamlike beauty out of any subject, writes author joanna scott. The author of nine novels, three collections of short fiction, two books of essays and five books of poetry, rikki ducornet has received both a lannan literary fellowship and the lannan literary award for fiction. Her paintings have been exhibited widely, including, most recently, at the pierre menard gal. On thursday, april 10, the written arts program at bard college presents a reading by rikki ducornet bard 64. Books that start with g books that start with g books that start with g books that start with g books that start with g. As mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelle traces the story of elizabeth, a thirteenyearold american girl whose adolescent passion is, isbn 9780385720434 buy the gazelle ebook. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Gazelle, rikki ducornets seventh novel, is another of her bold, sumptuous narratives examining what one might call the varieties of desire. Its told in prose of such beauty that one cant help silently mouthing the words. Gazelle is one of the books lent to me by my friend. As mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelle traces the story of elizabeth, a thirteenyearold american girl whose adolescent passion is awakened in theexotic climate of 1950s cairo.
I think she is a very important writer just shy of being great. Gazelle, by rikki ducornet, is about yearold elizabeth, coming of age in egypt, a country removed from the american south where she was born. Stub, the boy introduced at the beginning of rikki ducornets dark, elliptical fairy tale of a novel, is a good. Celebrated author and artist rikki ducornet to give reading at bard college on thursday, april 10. Publishers weekly said of her story collection the complete butchers tales. Rikki ducornet is probably one of the most overlooked novelists of the past 25 years. Ducornet was raised in a multicultural household as her father was cuban and her mother was russianjewish. In ducornets first book, the butchers tales, she dealt with ideas of conveying moral understanding.
Rikki ducornet is the author of two shortstory collections, five books of poetry, and seven novels, including the fanmakers inquisition and the jade cabinet. Upon handing it to me, she said that it was a weird book that she wanted to know what i thought of it. Ducornets aphoristic elan makes all this nonsense agreeably smooth, if insubstantial and arbitrary. Rikki ducornet is the author of seven novels including, gazelle, her newest, the fanmakers inquisition, phosphor in dreamland, the stain, the jade cabinet, the fountains of neptune, and others, plus two books of short stories, the word desire and the complete butchers tales. An artist and fiction writer, rikki ducornet has illustrated books by robert coover, jorge luis borges, forrest gander, and joanna howard. There is a great deal here that is beautiful and graceful. Sandra dijkstra as mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelle traces the story of elizabeth, a thirteenyearold american girl whose adolescent passion is awakened in theexotic climate of 1950s cairo. The reconstitution of eden by lisa kavchak a conversation with rikki ducornet. Gazelle by rikki ducornet posted on april 27, 20 by scribble orca a decade ago, my husband and i married in the duesseldorf standesamt, and at that time, we were oblivious to the juncture in our future which would bring us to egypt, where we resided in the western desert on the outskirts of cairo for three years. Ducornet punctuates her portrayal of lizzies unsettled home with a series of dramatic jabs, painful moments of anger or pain that almost never fail to catch us off guard.
Celebrated author and artist rikki ducornet to give reading. Her most recent publications are the novels, gazelle knopf, 2003 and the fan. Rikki ducornet is the author of more than twenty books, including novels. In some ways it is the most autobiographical book that i have written because it takes place in cairo in the early 1950s and. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Read gazelle by rikki ducornet available from rakuten kobo. This acclaimed book by rikki ducornet is available at in several formats for your ereader. Ducornets father was a professor of sociology, and her mother hosted communityinterest programs on radio and television. She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. I met with rikki ducornet at her lovely home in denver on a. Rikki ducornet books list of books by author rikki ducornet. Like poetry, the novels central aims are to revel in language and investigate the inner lives of characters who see a world that is more numinous to borrow a word of stubs than. Gazelle is ostensibly a book about a thirteenyearold girl coming into her sexuality during a summer in cairo, while navigating the demise of her parents marriage.
Gazelle by rikki ducornet meet your next favorite book. Rikki ducornet is imaginations emissary to this mundane world. But what this novel feels like is seduction caught in words, released into your imagination as you read. Ever since encountering, at age 12 or so, a backcover assertion that the last sentence of nineteen eightyfour he loved big brother would become the epitaph of our. Celebrated author and artist rikki ducornet to give reading at bard. A poet, fiction writer, and visual artist, ducornets many books include the recent novels netsuke, gazelle, the fanmakers inquisition, and. Celebrated author and artist rikki ducornet to give. Lm so youve been painting, and working on the new book, which is sort of a diptych with gazelle, and youve just done illustrations for a book of poems by forrest gander. About scribble orca reads, writes, and discusses books and other media. Books read by the book group list since 1996 page 8.
The fanmakers inquisition henry holt, new york 1999. Gazelle as mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelle traces the story of elizabeth, a thirteenyearold american girl whose adolescent passion is awakened in the exotic climate of 1950s cairo. While her motherwhose beauty and sexual prowess both frighten and fascinate elizabethmoves into a hotel to pursue a string of. Ducornet s father was a professor of sociology, and her mother hosted communityinterest programs on radio and television. Has worked all around the world with the exception of the polar caps, from washing cars to advising government ministers, helping refugees to fleeing from pirates, interviewing terrorists to almost dying from malaria. Rikki ducornet is the author of more than twenty books, including novels, collections of short fiction, poetry, essays, and books for children. Stephen sparks, green apple books on the park this book is like the secret at the heart of the world.
The deep zoo ebook by rikki ducornet 9781566893817. Rikki ducornet s new book reprints, and then smartly takes off from, her earlier short story the chess set of ivory. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Gazelle by rikki ducornet overdrive rakuten overdrive. Books by amie barrodale, joy williams, hubert mingarelli and.
Rikki ducornet spent her childhood in cuba and egypt. Ducornet, scott adds, holds her readers spellbound. The book was about elizabeth who was an archaelogist in cairo looking back at her thirteenth year of her life. Rikki ducornet is such a writer, mercifully and productively out of step with her time. It is the story of a young american girl named elizabeth and of how she comes of age in 1950s cairo while her parents marriage is collapsing. Rikki ducornets new book reprints, and then smartly takes off from, her earlier short story the chess set of ivory. Lm reading gazelle i realizedi actually set the book down and wrote a note to. In gazelle by rikki ducornet, youd swear you could smell the aromas and fragrances her prose evokes, holding the book to your nose and. The greatest books of the 21st century so far 3,324 240 fantastic books. Reads, writes, and discusses books and other media. Its a novel that recounts the sexual awakening of elizabeth, a.
Her most recent publications are the novels, gazelle knopf, 2003 and the fan makers inquisition henry holt, 1999, and the word desire, a collection of short fiction henry holt, 1997. While her motherwhose beauty and sexual prowess both frighten and fascinate. Ducornets most recent novel, gazelle 2003, had its origins in the short story the chess set of ivory collected in the word desire, which now forms its first chapter. San francisco chronicle ducornets magical, sensuous prose is redolent of street vendors herbs, the perfumers ambergris, the orange blossoms and rose petals of hidden gardens. In gazelle, it is the complex interactions between a young girl and two very.
Gazelle isbn 9780385720434 pdf epub rikki ducornet ebook. Like her previous novel, the stain, entering fire is sexually charged and exhibits a sensuousness seen only in latin american writers like marquez and fuentes except those two authors are boring. Gazelle is a sensitively imagined journey into a young girls ripening soul. She has received the bard college arts and letters award and, in 2008, an academy award in literature. In addition to a lannan literary fellowship, she has also received grants from the ingram merrill foundation, the ontario arts council, and the eben demarest trust. Rikki ducornet author rikki ducornet is the author of two shortstory collections, five books of poetry, and seven novels, including the fanmakers inquisition and the jade cabinet. Rikki ducornet literary arts program brown university. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A camphorscented bildungsroman set in 1950s cairo, gazelle is probably her strongest novel, its definitely her most autobiographical, and it would be the best introduction to her work.
If books were perfumes, this one would be the perfect mix of storytelling prowess, enchantment of language, whiff of philosophy, and scent of great characters. She has illustrated books by robert coover and jorge luis borges. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Ducornet s father, gerard degre, was an important figure in her life as he encouraged her to read novels by authors like albert camus and lau tzu, and to. Rikki ducornet can create an unsettling, dreamlike beauty out of any subject, writes author joanna scott. She exposes lifes harshest truths with a mesmeric delicacy, scott continues in the coffee house press brochure promoting netsuke.
Click to read more about gazelle by rikki ducornet. As mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelletraces the story of elizabeth, a thirteenyearold america. Rikki ducornet is an american writer, poet, and artist. In books like the fanmakers inquisition, there is a struggle between nature. In her slim novel, ducornet the deep zoo, 2014, etc. Rikki ducornet is the author of two shortstory collections, five books of poetry, and seven novels.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A book with a view eclectic, thoughtful, and perhaps a. Rikki ducornet, untitled inkandbrush drawing for forrest ganders forthcoming blue stone collection, 2003. She has written novels, poetry, two collections of short stories, and two childrens books phosphor in dreamland and the word desire. If books were perfumes, this one would be the perfect. As mesmerizing as a tale from the lips of sheherazade, gazelle traces the s. A poet, fiction writer, and visual artist, ducornets many books include the recent novels netsuke, gazelle, the fanmakers inquisition, and phosphor in dreamland. Times book of the year, and the jade cabinet, a finalist for the national book critics circle award. A poet, fiction writer, and visual artist, ducornets many books include the recent novels netsuke, gazelle, the fanmakers inquisition, and phosphor.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Gazelle is a first person account by a year old of the summer in which her mother finally decides to leave her father, and herself. Rikki ducornet is the author of seven novels including the fan makers inquisition, an l. Rikki ducornet is one of my favorite underknown writers, an extraordinary fantasist.
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