- Canadian Fantasy fiction, Newford (Imaginary place), City and town life, Fiction
Welcome to Newford… Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and the wild and the poor and the lost. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the grey harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Charles de Lint
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 414
- Publisher
- TOR, Tor Books, Blackstone Audio
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781433260124
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“She would see them in the twilight when the wind was right, roly-poly shapes propelled by ocean breezes, turning end-over-end along the beach or down the alley behind her house like errant beach balls granted a moment's freedom.”
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