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On an impassioned quest for sainthood, one man searches into the distant past to study the age-long catastrophes and cataclysms that have shaped our world
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Book Description
A powerfully moving quest for truth in a post-apocalyptic landscape from the WORLD FANTASY AWARD-winning author of LITTLE, BIG.
About the Author
John Crowley was born in Maine in 1942 and grew up in Vermont, Kentucky and Indiana before moving to New York and taking up work in documentary films - an occupation he still pursues alongside his writing. THE DEEP, his first SF novel, was published in 1975 and was followed by BEASTS, ENGINE SUMMER and GREAT WORK OF TIME. With the publication of LITTLE, BIG in 1981 he won the WORLD FANTASY AWARD and was shortlisted for the HUGO, NEBULA and BSFA AWARDS.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0385128312
- ISBN 13 9780385128315
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages182
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