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Marisa Silver: Little Nothing
An ugly young dwarf girl transforms first into a beauty, then into a tall woman, then into a wolf.
By Michael Silverblatt • • 29m ListenIn Marisa Silver's Little Nothing (Blue Rider Press), an ugly young dwarf girl transforms first into a beauty, then into a tall woman, then into a wolf. We talk about metamorphosis and how the depths of the psyche intersects with the inner structure of fairy tales. Little Nothing is a novel that risks being a structure of pure imagination – Marisa Silver tells why she took the risk.
Read an excerpt from Little Nothing.
Photo: Gregg Lewis
