A novel by Pamela Ditchoff
September 1, 1995 6 x 9 223 pages 978-1-56689-035-9
Eminently human and ultimately joyful, The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies is a compelling novel full of humor, pathos, revulsion, and love. Mixing fact and imagination, this fictional oral history about human oddities includes figures such as Aesop, Catherine the Great, Tom Thumb, and Jo-Jo The Russian Dog-Faced Boy in a provocative story that extends from Ancient Egypt to 18th Century England to 20th Century America.
About the Author
Pamela Ditchoff received a Chicago Review Fiction Award for the story which formed the basis for The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies (Coffee House Press, 1995). She is the author of three other novels, including Mrs. Beast and Princess Beast. Ditchoff holds a Masters Degree in English and Creative Writing from Michigan State University. She currently lives in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.