Sylvia Townsend Warner
Kingdoms of Elfin
Kingdoms of Elfin
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ExcellentA new edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner's final collection of short stories, originally published in The New Yorker and in book form in 1977, is now available. These sixteen sly and enchanting stories of Elfindom showcase Warner's consummate mastery of realist fantasy, reminiscent of the success of her first novel, Lolly Willowes. Warner explores the morals, domestic practices, politics, and passions of the Kingdoms of Elfin by following their affairs with mortals and their daring flights across the North Sea. The fairy ruling classes are charming and insolent, and all levels of fairy society are heartless, but love and hate strike at fairies of all ranks, as do poverty, abandonment, and the passions of the heart.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 263 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2018
Publisher: Handheld Press
This new edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner's final collection of short stories, endorsed by Neil Gaiman and Greer Gilman, brings her fantasy writing to a wider readership. Originally published in The New Yorker and in book form in 1977, these sixteen sly and enchanting stories of Elfindom showcase Warner's consummate mastery of realist fantasy, reminiscent of the success of her first novel, the witchcraft classic Lolly Willowes (1926). Warner delves into the morals, domestic practices, politics, and passions of the Kingdoms of Elfin by following their affairs with mortals and their daring flights across the North Sea. The Kingdoms of Broceliande in France, Zuy in the Low Countries, Gedanken in Austria, and Blokula in Lappland entertain ambassadors, hunt with wolves, and rear changelings for the courtiers' amusement. The fairy ruling classes are charming and insolent, and all levels of fairy society are heartless, in human terms. But love and hate strike at fairies of all ranks, as do poverty, abandonment, and the passions of the heart. Enter Elfindom with care.
Weight: 392g
Dimension: 172 x 163 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781999944810
Edition number: New ed
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