· "Gorgeously written and deliriously imaginative, Palimpsest is the book for those who love old maps and grow wistful at the sound of a night train. A modern masterpiece in Valente's unique voice and singular sensibility."—Ekaterina Sedia, author of The Alchemy of StoneBrand: Random House Publishing Group. · ‘Palimpsest’ by Catherynne M. Valente. Author: Meredith Schwartz. June 3, Lambda Award Winner. Palimpsest limns a city that is literally written on the body – a sexually transmitted geography, whose map appears in fragments on the skin of ordinary humans after they sleep with someone already bltadwin.rus: 2. Books shelved as catherynne-valente: Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a.
Palimpsest. (novel) For the Charles Stross work, see Palimpsest (novella). (pbk.) Palimpsest is a novel by Catherynne M. Valente, published in March It follows four separate characters as they discover and explore a mysterious city accessed only at night. In the Cities of Coin and Spice and In the Night Garden introduced readers to the unique and intoxicating imagination of Catherynne M. Valente. Now she weaves a lyrically erotic spell of a place where the grotesque and the beautiful reside and the passport to our most secret fantasies begins with a stranger's kiss.. Books shelved as catherynne-valente: Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a.
Four strangers are bound together in adventure, love and occasional sorrow in this parable from Tiptree winner Valente (The Orphan's Tales). The city of Palimpsest exists somewhere outside our reality, accessible only during the sleep that follows sex. Books shelved as catherynne-valente: Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a. The first time I heard about Catherynne M. Valente’s Hugo-nominated novel Palimpsest, all I knew was it was about “a sexually transmitted city.”I thought, “Holy crap, what a cool idea.
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