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Little, Big

or, The Fairies' Parliament

John Crowley
4.3
(55)
Duration
24h 36m
Year
2012
Language
English

About

Edgewood—which is not found on any map—is many houses, all put inside each other or across each other. It's 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. Crowley's work has a special alchemy—mixing 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.

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"A book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy."
Ursula K. Le Guin
"Ambitious, dazzling, strangely moving, a marvelous magic-realist family chronicle."
Washington Post
"One of the most underrated classics of recent years…Little, Big is one of those sprawling, dreamlike fantasy novels that has very British sensibilities but, paradoxically, it takes the Americans to do really well."
Guardian (London)

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