John Crowley
Paperback | Pages: 538 pages Rating: 3.83 | 9614 Users | 1338 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Little, Big |
| ISBN: | 0061120057 (ISBN13: 9780061120053) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1982), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1981), Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1982), World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1982), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (1982) British Science Fiction Association Award Nominee for Best Novel (1982), Balrog Award Nominee for Best Novel (1982), Seiun Award 星雲賞 Nominee for Best Foreign Novel (1998) |
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John Crowley's masterful Little, Big is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot from the City to a place called Edgewood—not found on any map—to marry Daily Alice Drinkwater, as was prophesied. It is the story of four generations of a singular family, living in a house that is many houses on the magical border of an otherworld. 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.Itemize Appertaining To Books Little, Big
| Title | : | Little, Big |
| Author | : | John Crowley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 538 pages |
| Published | : | October 17th 2006 by Harper Collins Publishers (first published September 1981) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Magical Realism. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 9614 Users | 1338 ReviewsWrite-Up Appertaining To Books Little, Big
What a terrible shame. I was so set to love this book. The blurb was good, magical realism is one of my favourite things, the book cover is so pretty, I was so sure I was in for a five star read. And for about 100 pages everything went well. Then I realised that despite the beautiful writing style there was nothing for me to like. The story was thin, the characters barely existed , much of the writing became incomprehensible. I didn't give up and trudged on to the bitter end. And I still do notA slow-burner, this one. Not in the traditional sense of a story with a gradual build-up and overflowing end. The events within what little plot there is are evenly spread out. Rather, as this tale languidly unfolds, its wonders seep deeper and deeper into the readers subconscious well. The dreamlike and otherworldly logic that saturates nearly every passage in Little, Big often lulled me into a pleasant hypnagocic stupor. Normally when sleep creeps up on me while reading I end up later having
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, there's often a feeling that so many things have already happened before i started running, things of which i'm only dimly aware, a whole story has happened or is happening in which i'm only getting bits
Little, Big is the story fo a family that lives in a house called Edgewood, far to the north of The City. It follows the family from generation to generation. Let's just say fairies play a part in the lives of the Drinkwaters and their relatives.The only book I can compare it to at the moment is Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, but that's more of a subject matter thing. The writing is very rich and detailed. While I was reading it, I thought it would be the best book I read that year. Whatever
"The further in you go, the bigger it gets." Citat iz knjige: o knjizi, o porodici Drinkvoter, o vilama i raznim svetovima u svetovima, veći u manjem, o životu. Nešto kao Markesovih Sto godina samoće, obrnuto u ogledalu. Ako je Markes pisao o porodici u običnom svetu sa notom magijskog, Krouli piše o porodici u magijskom svetu sa notom običnog. Ipak, nije ovo tradicionalna fantastika, nego nešto izmedju. Potpuno jedinstvena, zaslepljujuća knjiga, zahtevna, jedna koja uvlači u sebe (jer što
I said it best for NPR! You must read this book: http://lauren-oliver.tumblr.com/post/...
She had always lived her best life in dreams. She knew no greater pleasure than that moment of passage into the other place, when her limbs grew warm and heavy and the sparkling darkness behind her lids became ordered and doors opened; when conscious thought grew owl's wings and talons and became other than conscious."In upstate New York, in the wild and unpredictable countryside, there lies a house known as Edgewood. Like it's name implies, it lies near a large and mysterious wood. In this
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