Maiden, Mother, Crone :A Collection
Maiden, Mother, Crone :A Collection
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Published:
3 October, 2024
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Description
Turn the page, and step into a stunning, evocative world where nature, magic and fate are inextricably linked, and one wrong - or right - step can take you from the modern world into one filled with both danger and wonder.
This beautiful volume contains the award-winning novellas A Pocketful of Crows, The Blue Salt Road and Orfeia. Fully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins, with a brand new introduction by the author and three original short stories, this is a landmark collection which gloriously reimagines traditional British folktales into a timely, relevant and powerful new stories.
'Perfect reading for a chilly autumn evening' thesenovelthoughts
'Stunning and original modern fairytales' calturnerreviews
'Thought-provoking and evocative' Tor.com
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781399614016 |
| ISBN10 | 1399614010 |
| Number Of Pages | 592 |
| Item Weight | 411 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 40 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Orion Publishing Co |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Orfeia is tragic, emotional, beautiful, thought-provoking, moving and poignant * Bookmarks and Stages *
This dreamy, melancholy novella is saturated with sacrifice, richness and a sense of layered worlds. * Metro *
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Author's Bio
JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include twenty novels, three cookbooks, and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE by the Queen.