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â[This] fantasy moves from the outer to the inner world with amazing ease and should satisfy new and old fans of this prolific and gifted storyteller.â âPublishers Weekly In novel after novel, and story after story, Charles de Lint has brought an imaginary North American city to vivid life. Newford: where magic lights dark streets; where myths walk clothed in modern shapes; where a broad cast of extraordinary people work to keep the whole world turning. At the center of all the entwined lives in Newford stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair, her paint-splattered jeans, a smile perpetually on her lipsâJilly, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the cityâs shadows. Now, at last, de Lint tells Jillyâs own story . . . for behind the painterâs fey charm lies a dark secret and a past sheâs labored to forget. And that past is coming to claim her now. âIâm the onion girl,â Jilly Coppercorn says. âPull back the layers of my life, and you wonât find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl.â Sheâs very, very good at running. But life has just forced Jilly to stop. âA master storyteller, [de Lint] blends Celtic, Native American, and other cultures into a seamless mythology that resonates with magic and truth.â âLibrary Journal âLike great writers of magic realism, [de Lint] writes about people in the world we know, encountering magic as a part of that world. Fairy tales come true, and their magic affects realistic characters full of particular lusts and fears.â âBooklist |
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