The Little Country
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2001
- Category
- Contemporary, Magical Realism, NON-CLASSIFIABLE
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780312876494
- Publish Date
- Apr 2001
- List Price
- $47.5
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Description
Come walk the mist-draped hills of Cornwall, come walk the ancient standing stones. Listen to the fiddles, and the wind, and the sea. Come step with Janey Little into the pages of...The Little Country.
When folk musician Janey Little finds a mysterious manuscript in an old trunk in her grandfather's cottage, she is swept into a dangerous realm both strange and familiar. But true magic lurks within the pages of The Little Country, drawing genuine danger from across the oceans into Janey's life, impelling her--armed only with her music--toward a terrifying confrontation.
About the author
span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CHARLES de LINT is the author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children’s books. Renowned as one of the trailblazers of the modern fantasy genre, he is the recipient of the World Fantasy, White Pine, Crawford, and Aurora awards. The first book of the Wildlings trilogy, Under My Skin, won the 2013 Aurora Award for Young Adult Fiction. De Lint is a poet, songwriter, performer, and folklorist, and he writes a monthly book-review column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
De Lint and his wife, MaryAnn Harris, a fellow artist and musician, recently released companion CDs of their original songs, samples of which can be heard on de Lint’s website. They live in Ottawa, and their respective websites are www.charlesdelint.com and www.relectica.com.
Editorial Reviews
“A keeper, intricate and entertaining...I read it straight through in one sitting!” —Robert Jordan
“What a great, galloping wonder of a book--deep and wide and witty and wise. And absolutely impossible to put down.” —Jane Yolen
“A must for all connoisseurs of high imagination.” —Greg Bear
“A masterful blend of the sinister and the fantastic.” —Julian May
“An intricately structured novel, full of a wealth of detail about music, Cornwall, and things magical and arcane. I think it is one of de Lint's best.” —Patricia McKillip