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Publication
Book Club Edition, Morrow
Description
A rare magical book owned by folk musician Janey Little and her grandfather draws John Madden and his henchmen to their Cornish village, while inside the book, a witch transforms a girl named Jodi into a six-inch-high Small and imprisons her.
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LibraryThing member hredwards
Great book by one of my favorite authors. His books are kind of hard for me to find which makes them even more special.
LibraryThing member cek2read
DeLint has done a number of "life is not as you see it" books. This is one of the most heartwarming -- but none are easy. The master of urban fantasy
LibraryThing member dbsovereign
I suppose I would put this book into the category of one of those that a person is either going to like or hate. A fantasy sort of plot set in our "reality." Some people might be thrown off the way it goes back and forth in time, and some might not be able to suspend their disbelief. I found it
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LibraryThing member arelenriel
De Lint tells a tale of the Cornish coast. The characters are well drawn. I did not like this as well as his others but, I am also more used to his urban fantasy.
LibraryThing member rbaech
Slightly disappointed by this book. It reads as though de Lint had too many story concepts to keep them in order; as a result, the plot is muddied, certain explanations are never given, and the detail is imbalanced. I feel that this could have been a better book, because there is certainly good to
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LibraryThing member charlie68
Perhaps switching from Modernist to fantasy wasn't such a great idea. Through this I kept thinking, Oh really. But overall the book is good, although not Mr. De Lint's best. Directed more to the younger reader, some of the themes are very adult however.
LibraryThing member KerryAlanDenney
An astonishing, amazing, spectacular literary accomplishment. Still one of my very favorites to this day.
LibraryThing member quondame
The two stories set along the far Cornish coast don't up to a whole for me. Neither seemed quite as fully realized as it should have been, with lots of arbitrary actions and basically uninteresting horrid villains. The fairie realm itself is sort of a wee appendage. The unifying music is a fine
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idea, but if drums aren't involved, it doesn't work for me, and while it's cool that Crowley came from Cornwall and all, a corner of a British Isle isn't where I'd set a tale of universal music. Show Less
LibraryThing member threadnsong
A great book about worlds within worlds and the music that permeates them. Set in modern-day (well, 1980-1990's) Cornwall, the story unfolds with a mysterious book written by the best friend of the Gaffer, a former fisherman and grandfather to musician Janey Little. Other friends of Janey's play a
There are standing stones, and a concurrent story with a young girl who is changed into a Small, the Widow who changes her (and her sad story), and lots of romps through the countryside and the town.
Each of the chapter headings points to a musical piece which gives an idea of what's going on in that particular chapter.
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role, and then there are some enemies who come looking for this mysterious book as a bit of a magic talisman.There are standing stones, and a concurrent story with a young girl who is changed into a Small, the Widow who changes her (and her sad story), and lots of romps through the countryside and the town.
Each of the chapter headings points to a musical piece which gives an idea of what's going on in that particular chapter.
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Awards
World Fantasy Award (Nominee — Novel — 1992)
Prix Aurora Award (Finalist — 1992)
Language
Original publication date
1991 (copyright)
Physical description
636 p.; 8.5 inches