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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Charles de Lint
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 491
- Publisher
- Ace Books, Subterranean Press, Macmillan
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312890049
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First sentence
“Sara Kendell once read somewhere that the tale of the world is like a tree.”
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