The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint
The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint
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The Onion Girl

Author: Charles de Lint

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 19 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/17/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

In his stunning novels of magic and danger in the modern world, Charles de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city to vivid life: Newford, where magic lights the dark streets, myths walk clothed in modern shapes, and a broad cast of extraordinary people work to keep the whole world turning. At the center of it all stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair and paintsplattered jeans, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the citys shadows. Now, at last, de Lint tells Jillys own story; for behind the painters fey charm lies a dark secret that shes labored to forget. Im the onion girl, Jilly Coppercorn says. Pull back the layers of my life, and you wont find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl. Shes very, very good at runningbut the past has come to claim her now.

About Charles De Lint

Charles de Lint is a Canadian writer of Dutch origins. He is married to—and plays music with—MaryAnn Harris. Primarily a writer of fantasy fiction, he has written widely in the subgenres of urban fantasy, contemporary magical realism, and mythic fiction.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Karin on 2010-06-16 21:29:54

The author is great--one of my favorites. This narrator was not good however. Tried to use too many voices that sounded silly.

Goodreads review by David on August 08, 2012

This isn’t a fantasy novel because it takes place half on Earth and half in a Spirit World that exists as a backdrop to all of reality. This isn’t a fantasy novel because it features wolf-headed, shape-shifting original people and crow girls. No, this isn’t a fantasy novel because there are fairies......more

Goodreads review by Ambertronic on September 05, 2007

This is the book where Charles de Lint delves into the history of everyones favorite character: Jilly Coppercorn. It goes into how she came to be the person she is, and the catalyst that forces her to come to terms with her past. We find "magical-so-open-minded-her-brain-may-fall-out" Jilly has an u......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on February 18, 2013

As I’ve mentioned before, while I’m a fantasy fan, I am very much a selective fantasy fan. Mr. De Lint is one of those fantasy authors – in his case urban fantasy – whom I have read before and I will definitely read again. There is a solid dose of realism to his fantasy fiction, the type of gritty b......more

Goodreads review by indiefishsteak on November 18, 2008

An amazing book that I did not want to let go of once I started the first paragraph. The story of Jilly, her incapacitating accident, healing old wounds, and adventures in the otherworld (or dreamland or whatever you prefer), of course. Unforgettable characters that question what it means to be bad......more

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow on August 30, 2007

The problem with De Lint is he's just not nearly as imaginative as he thinks he is. His "flights of fancy" are flat and derivative at best. Even worse, in my mind; he can't write believable dialog, friendships, or young people. At all.......more