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 Edgewoodβnot found on any mapβto marry Daily Alice Drinkawater, as was prophesied. It is the story of four generations of a singular family, living in
Little, Big
β Scribed by Crowley, John
- Book ID
- 107280159
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 459 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Product Description
Little, Big tells the epic story of Smoky Barnable -- an anonymous young man who meets and falls in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, and goes to live with her in Edgewood, a place not found on any map. In an impossible mansion full of her relatives, who all seem to have ties to another world not far away, Smoky fathers a family and tries to learn what tale he has found himself in -- and how it is to end.
About the Author
John Crowley is the author of the novels Daemonomania;Love and Sleep; Aegypt; Little, Big; The Deep; Beasts; and Engine Summer, as well as a collection of novellas titled Novelty. A recipient of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, he is an adjunct professor at Yale University. He lives with his family in northern Massachusetts.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
### Review ''A book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy.'' --Ursula K. Le Guin ''Crowley is generous, obsessed, fascinating, gripping. Really, I think Crowley is so good that he has left everybody else in the dust.'' --Peter Straub, award-winning horror fiction author Ambitious
### Product Description *Little, Big* tells the epic story of Smoky Barnable -- an anonymous young man who meets and falls in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, and goes to live with her in Edgewood, a place not found on any map. In an impossible mansion full of her relatives, who all seem to have t
### Review ''A book that all by itself calls for a redefinition of fantasy.'' --Ursula K. Le Guin ''Crowley is generous, obsessed, fascinating, gripping. Really, I think Crowley is so good that he has left everybody else in the dust.'' --Peter Straub, award-winning horror fiction author Amb