FITHIAN PRESS   A CHILD'S MAP OF THE WORLD-- A Map Made Out of Stories A child's insatiable curiosity and a powerful spirit of nature that is distinctly southwestern are the seeds of the magical world charted in Joyce Frazeur's novella, A Child's Map of the World. A Child's Map of the World, despite the slim volume that contains it, blossoms into worlds within worlds within worlds as the novella's intertwined tales unfold. It is, as its narrator proclaims, a story within a story, a story that "began so long ago it's hard to remember if it actually was a story." At the center is the child Bartlett, an orphaned boy being raised by his adoptive mother, Ida. Bartlett tells a tale he remembers--from where, we do not know; nor, perhaps does he. "Some would say Bartlett has visions," explains the narrative, "others would say the youngster has a vivid imagination, and many would say the tyke tells lies." It is the story of a coyote, a pig, a beautiful woman, and moonflowers--at least on the surface. But below the surface it is a story of the land and the people and the animals, how they came to live with each other and how they became part of each other. It is a story that takes place at night, and as we know people don't see so well at night. But animals do, and within Bartlett's story is the story of Javelina, the wild southwestern peccary, who tells us firsthand of her band's arrival in the land, their way of life, and how they came to outwit the trickster coyote at his own game. And within that story, of course, is the story of the coyote himself, told in his own words, which both supports and contradicts the stories told by Javelina and Bartlett and by other members of the same community. In this way bits and pieces of varying stories connect and intertwine, mixing truth and fiction, past and present, tale and teller--just as humans and animals, moonflowers and joshua trees rely on each other and are part of each other in the stark and challenging landscape of the Southwest. "Other than the present, time has no length or depth. Totality is achieved when the selective pieces are put back together or remembered." As they are in A Child's Map of the World.About the Author Joyce Frazeur (1931?1996) was a recent transplant to the Southwest, where she lived in Sedona, Arizona. She is also the author of By Lunar Light and ?ve chapbooks, and was published in numerous literary journals. A Child's Map of the World A Novella Joyce Frazeur 96 pages, paperback, $10.00 ISBN 1-56474-214-8 For ordering information, click here or phone (800) 662-8351

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