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  • Published: 10 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9781582438108
  • Imprint: Catapult
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00

Enchantment

How to Charm, Influence and Persuade





The new take on How to Win Friends and Influence People from one of America's top business gurus

The short fiction of Thaisa Frank has captivated readers for two decades, and now many of those pieces are collected in one volume, along with several new stories. In the title story, a lonely mother and housewife orders an enchanted man from a website called The Wondrous Traveler, who arrives with instructions for use and a list of frequently asked questions about enchantment. In "Thread," two circus performers who pass through the eye of a needle become undone by a complicated love triangle. In "Henna," a young writing teacher must contend with an exotic student who will not write, her hands covered in dye and her fingers "sprouting innumerable gardens." And in "The Loneliness of the Midwestern Vampire," the undead descend upon the heartland of the country and become accustomed to its friendlier way of life, attending barn raisings and feasting on cattle in an attempt to normalize their darker passions.

These are vibrant, compelling stories that examine the distance between imagination and reality, and how characters bridge that gap in their attempt to reach one another.

  • Published: 10 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9781582438108
  • Imprint: Catapult
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki, who helped make Macintosh a household name, now runs Garage Technology Ventures, a venture-capital firm. He has held his workshop, 'Boot Camp for Start-ups,' around the world. Kawasaki is the author of seven previous books, including Rules for Revolutionaries.

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