
Outside the Gates
Molly Gloss(Author)
Saga Press
Published on 1. January 2019
128 pages
978-1-5344-0311-6 (ISBN)
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Villagers were always warned that monsters live outside the gates, but when a young boy named Vren is cast out, he finds a home in the world beyond, in Whiting Award winner Molly Gloss's classic fantasy novel.
Vren has always been told that the world beyond the gates of his village is one filled with monsters, giants, and other terrifying creatures. But when he confides with his family about his ability to talk to animals, he's outcast to the very world he's been taught to fear his whole life. He expects to die alone, lost and confused, but he finds something different altogether?refuge in a community of shadowed people with extraordinary powers.
Thirty years later, Molly Gloss's dystopian fantasy novel is just as timely, poignant, and stirring as ever, in a brand-new edition!
Vren has always been told that the world beyond the gates of his village is one filled with monsters, giants, and other terrifying creatures. But when he confides with his family about his ability to talk to animals, he's outcast to the very world he's been taught to fear his whole life. He expects to die alone, lost and confused, but he finds something different altogether?refuge in a community of shadowed people with extraordinary powers.
Thirty years later, Molly Gloss's dystopian fantasy novel is just as timely, poignant, and stirring as ever, in a brand-new edition!
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon + Schuster LLC
Illustrations
f-c cvr
File size
5,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5344-0311-6 (9781534403116)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions


Person
Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who now lives in Portland on the west side of the Tualatin Hills. She is the author of five novels: The Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild Life, The Hearts of Horses, and Falling from Horses, and one collection of stories, Unforseen. Her awards include the Oregon Book Award, a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the PEN West Fiction Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and a Whiting Writers Award; and her short story, "Lambing Season" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her work often concerns the landscape, literature, mythology, and life of the American West.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Chapter 1: A Song for Going On
- Chapter 2: The Empty House
- Chapter 3: A Giant's Grumbling
- Chapter 4: Mind's Eye
- Chapter 5: A Cat's Angry Back
- Chapter 6: So Far
- Chapter 7: Whispers
- Chapter 8: Broken Pieces
- Chapter 9: A High Yellow Fire
- Chapter 10: A Small Clear Place
- 'The Unforeseen' Teaser
- About the Author
- Copyright
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