Bloomsbury Publishing
The Wood at Midwinter
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From the bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.'
Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees-and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods.
One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst-and the path of her life is changed forever.
Featuring gorgeous illustrations truly worthy of the magic of this story and an afterword by Susanna Clarke explaining how she came to write it, this is a mesmerizing, must-have addition to any fantasy reader's bookshelf.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781639734481
EAN:
9781639734481
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
64
Authors:
Susanna Clarke
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
nice suspenseful story, not too scary, just right
A short, magical story about connections beyond human, limitation, and love in all it forms. Susanna Clarke is a miracle.
I loved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and was crushed to hear that Clarke was having issues writing a sequel. So hearing about The Wood at Midwinter and that it was related to Strange & Norrell was very exciting!Then I got the book. If you could call it that. Honestly, the amount of text in here could fit on one 8.5x11 page, probably even double-spaced. So that was disappointment number 1. Most of the page real estate is taken up by illustrations, which, admittedly, are beautiful. But this was advertised as a book, not a picture book, so that was disappointment number 2. The third disappointment was that this was advertised as set in the "world of Jonathan Strange", which is not even mentioned in the text of the work, but mentioned in an afterword from Clarke herself.So. Overall, I would not recommend this as a purchase. A brief little thumb-through at the bookstore, maybe. But I feel like I got suckered with this purchase.
My brilliant 5-year-old granddaughter read this to her family in the way to a Thanksgiving event…twice. It was enjoyed by all.
This deceptively simple story is exactly what I expect from Ms. Clarke: puzzling, a little spooky and very satisfying. Read it more than once; each time you are likely to take away a new meaning.
