Talky historical novel about the business of the freak show business. It never amounts to a tour de force, but Carlson’s debut does a creditable job of bringing s New York to life—the language is right, the clothing correct, the mundane details of ordinary encounters just so. Trouble is, much of the novel concerns encounters very far out of the ordinary, with required lashings of willingly suspended Author: Stacy Carlson. Among the Wonderful is a story of art and deception, anomaly and community, science and magic, in an era when a culture of imaginative speculation gave way to the modern age. At Barnum’s American Museum, the exhibits climb out of their cabinets and walk among visitors who had paid to . Stacy Carlson author of the novel Among the Wonderful. Home. “Carlson ably exploits this historical milieu She writes sensitively, often beautifully, of the desire to be free of the gaze of others, of the misery of serving as a mirror in which others may see themselves.”. – The New York Times Book Review. “The great mystery of Wonderful is that Barnum, the flashiest character of the s, doesn’t .
Among The Wonderful: A Novel|Stacy Carlson, Seal Of Truthaven: House Of Phoenyx Book 3 (Volume 3)|S. C. Clark, The Key To Great Leadership: Rediscovering The Principles Of Outstanding Service|Peter Burwash, Making Sense Of Benefits (Commission On Social Justice)|Commission On Social Justice. "Among the Wonderful is an historical novel rich with images of s Manhattan and the exhibits - both living and preserved - that populate P. T. Barnum's American Museum. Outwardly freakish but inwardly just like you and me, the living, breathing, feeling human characters Stacy Carlson has created remind us of our common humanity. Stacy Carlson took great pains to recreate this fantastical representation of New York City in the 's. Quite honestly, I almost gave up myself after a confused jog through the first hundred pages, but after page or so, the main characters of Among Among the Wonderful is a novel that took me almost a year to review.
Stacy Carlson's work has appeared in In Pieces: An Anthology of Fragmentary Writing, Inkwell, and Lumina. She won the Dana Portfolio Award, given for t. Carlson writes sensitively, often beautifully, of the desire to be free of the gaze of others, of the misery of serving as a mirror in which others may see themselves. Stacy Carlson's new novel Among the Wonderful is the story of Barnum's museum, the curiosities and the people who work and live inside it's walls. With gracious and fine writing, Carlson opens up and displays Barnum's spiraling and mysterious museum with it's hidden galleries and human treasures.
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