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The Fifty Year Sword

Mark Z. Danielewski

3.5/5 ( ratings)

In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller’s tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: October 16, 2012

ISBN: 0307907724

ISBN 13: 9780307907721

The Fifty Year Sword

Mark Z. Danielewski

3.5/5 ( ratings)

In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storyteller’s tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: October 16, 2012

ISBN: 0307907724

ISBN 13: 9780307907721

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