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Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United KingdomFantastic Literature Limited
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fine hardcover copy in a fine, Bonnie Leon, dustwrapper. World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1998), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (1998) 1st edition. A story within a story, The Gift is a story of innocence betrayed and magic rejected. Tim is robbed of his childhood, and Simon is tormented by hearing made too acute.
Seller Inventory # FJ26.042
- Title
- THE GIFT
- Author
- O'Leary Patrick
- Publisher
- Tor
- Publication year
- 1997
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312864027
- ISBN 13
- 9780312864026
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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Review
"O'Leary's voice rarely wavers as he again displays his mastery of fantasy and social motifs, weaving familiar themes into a heartwarming, enchanting story."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A complex and moving meditation on the nature of storytelling. . . . Utterly unlike "Door Number Three in style and substance, the new book acheives the same high level of accomplishment. It is beautifully written, elegantly structured, and highly perceptive in its observations about the importance of imagination."-"-San Francisco Chronicle
"O'leary has his own gift with prose: teh words flow with the natural lilt and lift of a storyteller's voice of old, of true tales told around a camfire, or in a great hall at the end of the evening, when the feasting is done...."The Gift turns out to be just as wonderful a reading experience as was the author's first novel."--"The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
""The Gift "deftly exploits the trappings of fanatsy without falling into the traps. Ever the alchemist, Patrick o'Leary has transformed his word processor into a kind of magic flute, using it to play haunting fictive melodies of strange frogs, numinousdragons, and the hidden mysteries of humanness. the final result is a hymn to the terrible and beautiful boon of storytelling, from one who knows how to give us that gift."--James Morrow
"O'Leary's voice rarely wavers as he again displays his mastery of fantasy and social motifs, weaving familiar themes into a heartwarming, enchanting story."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A complex and moving meditation on the nature of storytelling. . . . Utterly unlike "Door Number Three" in style and substance, the new book acheives the same high level of accomplishment. It is beautifully written, elegantly structured, and highly perceptive in its observations about the importance of imagination."-"-San Francisco Chronicle"
"O'leary has his own gift with prose: teh words flow with the natural lilt and lift of a storyteller's voice of old, of true tales told around a camfire, or in a great hall at the end of the evening, when the feasting is done...."The Gift" turns out to be just as wonderful a reading experience as was the author's first novel."--"The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"
"The Gift "deftly exploits the trappings of fanatsy without falling into the traps. Ever the alchemist, Patrick o'Leary has transformed his word processor into a kind of magic flute, using it to play haunting fictive melodies of strange frogs, numinousdragons, and the hidden mysteries of humanness. the final result is a hymn to the terrible and beautiful boon of storytelling, from one who knows how to give us that gift. "James Morrow"
O'Leary's voice rarely wavers as he again displays his mastery of fantasy and social motifs, weaving familiar themes into a heartwarming, enchanting story. "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
A complex and moving meditation on the nature of storytelling. . . . Utterly unlike "Door Number Three" in style and substance, the new book acheives the same high level of accomplishment. It is beautifully written, elegantly structured, and highly perceptive in its observations about the importance of imagination. "San Francisco Chronicle"
O'leary has his own gift with prose: teh words flow with the natural lilt and lift of a storyteller's voice of old, of true tales told around a camfire, or in a great hall at the end of the evening, when the feasting is done...."The Gift" turns out to be just as wonderful a reading experience as was the author's first novel. "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction""
The Gift deftly exploits the trappings of fanatsy without falling into the traps. Ever the alchemist, Patrick o'Leary has transformed his word processor into a kind of magic flute, using it to play haunting fictive melodies of strange frogs, numinousdragons, and the hidden mysteries of humanness. the final result is a hymn to the terrible and beautiful boon of storytelling, from one who knows how to give us that gift. James Morrow
O'Leary's voice rarely wavers as he again displays his mastery of fantasy and social motifs, weaving familiar themes into a heartwarming, enchanting story. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A complex and moving meditation on the nature of storytelling. . . . Utterly unlike Door Number Three in style and substance, the new book acheives the same high level of accomplishment. It is beautifully written, elegantly structured, and highly perceptive in its observations about the importance of imagination. San Francisco Chronicle
O'leary has his own gift with prose: teh words flow with the natural lilt and lift of a storyteller's voice of old, of true tales told around a camfire, or in a great hall at the end of the evening, when the feasting is done....The Gift turns out to be just as wonderful a reading experience as was the author's first novel. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
""The Gift deftly exploits the trappings of fanatsy without falling into the traps. Ever the alchemist, Patrick o'Leary has transformed his word processor into a kind of magic flute, using it to play haunting fictive melodies of strange frogs, numinousdragons, and the hidden mysteries of humanness. the final result is a hymn to the terrible and beautiful boon of storytelling, from one who knows how to give us that gift." --James Morrow
"O'Leary's voice rarely wavers as he again displays his mastery of fantasy and social motifs, weaving familiar themes into a heartwarming, enchanting story." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A complex and moving meditation on the nature of storytelling. . . . Utterly unlike Door Number Three in style and substance, the new book acheives the same high level of accomplishment. It is beautifully written, elegantly structured, and highly perceptive in its observations about the importance of imagination." --San Francisco Chronicle
"O'leary has his own gift with prose: teh words flow with the natural lilt and lift of a storyteller's voice of old, of true tales told around a camfire, or in a great hall at the end of the evening, when the feasting is done....The Gift turns out to be just as wonderful a reading experience as was the author's first novel." --The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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