Jack of Kinrowan - (Fairy Tales) by Charles De Lint (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In an acknowledged classic of contemporary fantasy, "Jack of Kinrowan" brings together in one volume Charles de Lint's two-book saga of wild faerie magic on the streets of the city.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Jack of Kinrowan</i><br>An acknowledged classic of contemporary fantasy, Jack of Kinrowan brings together in one volume Charles de Lint's rollicking saga of wild faerie magic on the streets of the city. <p/><i>Jack, the Giant Killer</i><br>A faceless gang of bikers on Wild Hunt through the streets of present-day Ottawa hurtles young Jacky Rowan across the threshold into the perilous land of Faerie. There, to her dismay, she is hailed as the Jack of Kinrowan, a once-and-future trickster hero whose lot is to save the Elven Courts from unimaginable evil. <p/><i>Drink Down the Moon</i><br>Once the realm of Faerie drew its power from the Moon herself. But now a ghastly creature has stolen that power and enslaved the Fair Folk--and Jacky Rowan herself. Only Johnny Faw, a hadsome fiddler unaware of his magical gifts, has the power to set them free.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"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." --<i>Orson Scott Card</i> <p/>"A superb storyteller..de Lint has a flair for tales that blur the lines between the mundane world and magical reality." --<i>Library Journal</i> <p/>"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." --<i>James P. Blaylock</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Charles de Lint</b> pioneered the urban fantasy genre with critically acclaimed novels and stories set in and around the imaginary modern North American city of Newford: <i>The Onion Girl</i>, <i>Moonheart</i>, <i>The Ivory and the Horn</i>, and the collection <i>Moonlight and Vines</i>, for which he won the World Fantasy Award. Among de Lint's many other novels are <i>Mulengro</i>, <i>Into the Green</i>, and<i> The Little Country</i>.
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