Little, Big, John Crowley
Little, Big, John Crowley
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Little, Big
or, The Fairies' Parliament

Author: John Crowley

Narrator: John Crowley

Unabridged: 24 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/23/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

Edgewoodwhich is not found on any mapis many houses, all put inside each other or across each other. Its filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment; the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, travels from the City on foot to Edgewood, her family home. There he finds himself on the magical border of an otherworld. Crowleys work has a special alchemymixing the world we know with an imagined world that seems more true and real. Winner of the World Fantasy Award, Little, Big is elegant, sensual, funny, and unforgettable. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss, of impossible things and unshakable destinies, and of the great Tale that envelops us all. It is a wonder.

About John Crowley

John Crowley was born in Presque Isle, Maine, and grew up in Vermont, Kentucky, and Ohio. He went to Indiana University and moved to New York City after college to make movies, and did find work in documentary films, an occupation he still pursues. His novels include Little, Big, the Ægypt series, Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr, and a new edition of The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosenkreutz. He recently retired after teaching creative writing at Yale for twenty-five years. He has received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Mythopoeic, Locus, and World Fantasy awards. He lives in Conway, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oriana

I've given a lot of thought to this review: how to begin, how to describe this story, how to explain my utter adoration for it, and most importantly, what words I might use to successfully make everyone read this book right now. As you can probably imagine, I've come up rather short on all counts. Ho......more

Goodreads review by mark

sometimes, when dreaming, i am aware of a complex and mysterious history to the at times strange but often mundane narrative of the dream itsef. i'll be running away from something, against some dark background, a house or castle or a school, who knows... although the drama of running is clear, ther......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

This will be an easy review for a glorious book of Fae, story, and four generations of an interesting family. To say it's lyrical misses the point of the theme, that the deeper you look, the bigger it gets. It's true for this novel as it is true for any one of us. A surface glance might get you caugh......more

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