Fudoki - Hardcover

Johnson, Kij

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765303906 ISBN 13: 9780765303905

Publisher: Tor Books, 2003

Synopsis

Weaving a haunting story of one being's transformation and journey of discovery with the telling of another's long life set against the backdrop of the courtly rituals of imperial power, this is a powerful novel about the nature of freedom and the redemptive power of transformation.

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Review:

"The Fox Woman is one of the more notable fantasy novels in recent memory." "[The Fox Woman] captures the atmosphere of Japan's old courts while avoiding ostentation. This is only Johnson's first novel but it establishes her as one of SF's most remarkable stylists." "The Fox Woman is a magnificent book, powerfully and profoundly moving; in its moods and atmosphere, utterly magical, a genuine and unique work of high art. And all of this expressed through language that is elegant, economical, graceful. The Fox Woman immediately sets the author in the front rank of today's novelists."

About the Author:

Kij Johnson is the author of several novels, including "The Fox Woman "and "Fudoki." Her short fiction has sold to "Amazing Stories, Analog, Asimov's, Duelist Magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, "and "Realms of Fantasy." She won the Theodore A. Sturgeon award for the best short story of 1994 for her novelette in Asimov's, "Fox Magic." In 2001, she won the International Association for the Fantastic in the Art's Crawford Award for best new fantasy novelist of the year. She taught writing and science-fiction writing at Louisiana State University and at the University of Kansas, and has lectured on creativity and writing at bookstores and businesses across the country. Since 1994, she has assisted at the Writer's Workshop for Science Fiction, hosted by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. Since 1999, she has taught a series of writing seminars at the GenCon Game Fair. In the past ten years, she has worked as managing editor at Tor Books; collections and special editions editor for Dark Horse Comics; editor, continuity manager and creative director for Wizards of the Coast; and as a program manager on the Microsoft Reader. She has also run chain and independent bookstores, worked as a radio announcer and engineer, edited cryptic crosswords, and waitressed in a strip bar. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with her husband, writer Chris McKitterick, a dog and two cats.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0765303906
• ISBN 13: 9780765303905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320