The Wild Wood, Charles de Lint
The Wild Wood, Charles de Lint
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The Wild Wood

Author: Charles de Lint

Narrator: Stacey Glemboski

Unabridged: 4 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2021

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban


Synopsis

Eithnie is a young painter who is acclaimed by the art world, until the critics start noticing that her work has lost the animating passion that had set her apart from the crowd. She returns to her cabin in Canada’s remote woods, hoping to find a place where she can seek solitude and focus on her art.At first, Eithnie’s muse remains elusive, but then beautiful and disturbing creatures start slipping into her sketches unbidden. The following days bring strange visitors bearing cryptic messages indicating that Eithnie may be bound by a promise made in a forgotten, magical childhood. The world of Faerie is clearly reaching out to her for help, and her ability to figure out what they need may mark the difference between their survival and their doom.

About Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint is the award-winning author of fantasy fiction, including urban fantasy, contemporary magical realism, and mythic fiction. He is best known for his fantasy novels in the Newford series, but he also writes novellas, short stories, poetry, lyrics, literary criticism, and a children’s book. Among his many awards are the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award, the Great Lakes Great Books Award, the Canadian SF/Fantasy Award, and the 2000 World Fantasy Award. His evocative novels have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary mythic fiction.

About Stacey Glemboski

Stacey Glemboski is a talented audiobook narrator, tennis player, and copywriter. Previously an English teacher, she currently works out of her home studio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joan

Ughh, I’m so conflicted in rating this. First let me say: the writing in this book is gorgeous. I absolutely loved de Lint’s descriptions of the settings and characters, and because of that, the story felt so rich and, well, magical for lack of a better word. There were so many layers of the book's......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

3.5 stars This is the third book that I've read in the Brian Froud's Faerielands series and is unfortunately my least favorite of the bunch so far. Brian Froud invited four of the top fantasy authors to pick their favorite piece of his work and write a story based upon it. The four authors and their......more


Quotes

“What makes de Lint’s particular brand of fantasy so catchy is his attention to the ordinary. Like great writers of magic realism, he writes about people in the world we know, encountering magic as part of that world.” Booklist