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Glass Soup
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: September 15, 2005
Studio: Tor Books
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Editorial Review:
For connoisseurs of imaginative fiction, the novels of Jonathan Carroll are a special treat that occupy a space all their own. His surreal fictions, which deftly mix the everyday with the extraordinary, have won him a devoted following. Now, in Glass Soup, Carroll continues to astound . . . .The realm of the dead is built from the dreams--and nightmares--of the living. Octopuses drive buses. God is a polar bear. And a crowded highway literally leads to hell.Once before, Vincent Ettrich and his lover, Isabelle Neukor, crossed over from life to death and back again. Now Isabelle bears a very special child, who may someday restore the ever-changing mosaic that is reality. Unless the agents of Chaos can lure her back to the land of the dead--and trap her there forever.
Glass Soup is another exquisite and singular creation from the author January magazine described as "incapable of writing a bad book much less an uninteresting one."
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Couldn't get into this one
I've anxiously awaited every Jonathan Carroll since I got hooked reading From The Teeth of Angels back in 91. But his later works have started to dim that anticipation. From Marriage of Sticks until this book, my enjoyment seems to be on a steadily downward path.
What drew me to Carroll was his fantastic ability to create a scene from the "normal" world, and then show us what really lies underneath. The fantastic and metaphysical that turns the first view on its head.
With ... Read More
Rating:  - couldn't put this one down
This was my first time reading jonathan carroll and I really enjoyed it. Wasn't sure at first beacause I didn't know anything about him besides what I read in a review. I cannot wait to read more!
Rating: - Another wonderful adult fairy tale
This will probably be a short review - which is odd given how much I love Jonathan Carroll's books. I read them out of order, so I am always a bit lost in his world(s). The same characters appear in several books, but I can't keep track of what they've done and how they are all connected...but I am perfectly fine with that. In fact, I love it.
I was lucky enough to attend one of his readings of "White Apples" - and was sucked into his universe. Life, death, love, bull terriers, life sized ... Read More
Rating: - God is a polar bear named Bob
Jonathan Carroll is one very strange writer! This is the first book of his that I have read, and I certainly intend to read many more of them. I understand that this is a sequel to one of his other books, but it certainly stands on its own after some initial confusion. The whole book is surreal, and there is a shock and surprise on every page.I certainly don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment who hasn't read the book, so I refuse to discuss the plot, except to say that it kept me quite interested from beginning ... Read More
Rating: - Nice sequel to White Apples
I'm a big Jonathan Carroll fan, ever since I read The Land of Laughs: A Novel. Carroll manages to mix mundane with mystical in a very charming way. Glass Soup continues where White Apples left the story of Vincent, Isabelle and their child messiah. This makes recommending this book very straightforward: if you've read White Apples and enjoyed it, Glass Soup is a must read book. If you haven't read White Apples, start there.
That said, I think this is quite a worthy sequel to White Apples. The story ... Read More
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