Bender's story fuses fairy tale - it's got folk artists and royalty - and a parafantastic element, the manufacture of colors that reflect fleeting states of nature and states of feeling. It's called "The Color Master" and the title story dovetails with the events of Charles Perrault's late 17th century fairy tale, "Donkey Skin." In that story, a widower king finds himself driven to marry his own daughter. And he has discovered three new collections, with stories that range from the historical to the fantastical.ĪLAN CHEUSE, BYLINE: First, I want to focus on a new collection by Aimee Bender. Each year, stacks of short story collections are published and our reviewer Alan Cheuse is fond of digging into those piles to find the standouts. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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