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Little, big / John Crowley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harper Perennial modern classicsPublisher: New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006Copyright date: ©1981Edition: First Harper Perennial Modern Classics editionDescription: 538 pages, 16 pages : genealogical tables ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0061120057 (pbk.)
  • 9780061120053 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • At head of table of contents : Little, big, or, The fairies parliament
  • Fairies parliament
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Subject: 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 Drinkawater, 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy Crowley John Available 33111007962141
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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 Drinkawater, 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.

"P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover.

Novel.

Originally published: New York : Bantam, 1981.

Previously published: New York : Bantam, 1994.

Previously published: New York : Perennial, 2002.

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 Drinkawater, 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.

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