The Orchid Stories - Kenward Elmslie Gertrude Stein An atmospheric work of personal

An atmospheric work of personal reportage that artfully renders the history and lived experience of Parisian squats

is not a novel in the traditional sense but is nonetheless filled with characters

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The Orchid Stories - Kenward Elmslie Gertrude Stein An atmospheric work of personalLike the orchids that provide their leitmotif, these interwoven stories by Kenward Elmslie are exquisite, exotic, and oneiric, as if they had been written in another world. Although each of The Orchid Stories stands alone, their characters and moods recur frequently, in a swirl of visual echoes and the bewildering clarity of a dream. Even the characters themselves, with their shifting names and genders, have an illusive reality that enhances the