Jack of Kinrowan - Softcover

De Lint, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812538986 ISBN 13: 9780812538984

Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc, 1995

Synopsis

Jacky Rowan was a young woman who led an uneventful urban life--until a brush with magic gave her the Sight and transformed her life forever. Soon she became a pivotal player in the magical war between two factions of Faerie. Jackie has a wizard to face and a giant to slay. If she fails, the music, the dreams and the magic of Faerie World will be lost forever.

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Review:

"There is no better writer now than Charles de Lint at bringing out the magic in contemporary life....The best of the post-Stephen King contemporary fantasists, the one with the clearest vision of the possibilities of magic in a modern setting."--Orson Scott Card

"A superb storyteller..de Lint has a flair for tales that blur the lines between the mundane world and magical reality."--"Library Journal"

"You open a de Lint story, and like the interior of a very genial Pandora's box, the atmosphere is suddenly full of deep woods and quaint city streets and a magic that's nowhere near so far removed as Middle Earth."--James P. Blaylock

There is no better writer now than Charles de Lint at bringing out the magic in contemporary life....The best of the post-Stephen King contemporary fantasists, the one with the clearest vision of the possibilities of magic in a modern setting. "Orson Scott Card"

A superb storyteller..de Lint has a flair for tales that blur the lines between the mundane world and magical reality. "Library Journal"

You open a de Lint story, and like the interior of a very genial Pandora's box, the atmosphere is suddenly full of deep woods and quaint city streets and a magic that's nowhere near so far removed as Middle Earth. "James P. Blaylock""

There is no better writer now than Charles de Lint at bringing out the magic in contemporary life....The best of the post-Stephen King contemporary fantasists, the one with the clearest vision of the possibilities of magic in a modern setting. Orson Scott Card

A superb storyteller..de Lint has a flair for tales that blur the lines between the mundane world and magical reality. Library Journal

You open a de Lint story, and like the interior of a very genial Pandora's box, the atmosphere is suddenly full of deep woods and quaint city streets and a magic that's nowhere near so far removed as Middle Earth. James P. Blaylock

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"There is no better writer now than Charles de Lint at bringing out the magic in contemporary life....The best of the post-Stephen King contemporary fantasists, the one with the clearest vision of the possibilities of magic in a modern setting." --Orson Scott Card

"A superb storyteller..de Lint has a flair for tales that blur the lines between the mundane world and magical reality." --Library Journal

"You open a de Lint story, and like the interior of a very genial Pandora's box, the atmosphere is suddenly full of deep woods and quaint city streets and a magic that's nowhere near so far removed as Middle Earth." --James P. Blaylock

About the Author:

Born in Holland in 1951, Charles de Lint grew up in Canada, with a few years off in Turkey, Lebanon, and Switzerland.

Although his first novel was 1984's The Riddle of the Wren, it was with Moonheart, published later that same year, that de Lint made his mark, and established him at the forefront of "urban fantasy," modern fantasy storytelling set on contemporary city streets. Moonheart was set in and around "Newford," an imaginary modern North American city, and many of de Lint's subsequent novels have been set in Newford as well, with a growing cast of characters who weave their way in and out of the stories. The Newford novels include Spirit Walk, Memory and Dream, Trader, Someplace To Be Flying, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and Spirits in the Wires. In addition, de Lint has published several collections of Newford short stories, including Moonlight and Vines, for which he won the World Fantasy Award. Among de Lint's many other novels are Mulengro, Jack the Giant-Killer, and The Little Country.

Married since 1980 to his fellow musician MaryAnn Harris, Charles de Lint lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0812538986
• ISBN 13: 9780812538984
• Binding: Paperback