Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life, maggie black. Publication date 1996 topics poets, biographers publisher new york. The wood wife, on the contrary, grew here all by itself, language born most fantasy novels set in the american southwest are just that something else, set down inside this environment, like a new jersey lawn in new mexico, out of place no matter how carefully they try to blend in. Maggie is astonish by the power of this harsh but beautiful land and captivated by the uncommon. Booktopia the wood wife, fairy tales by terri windling. Terri windling is an american editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life, maggie black comes t.
Buy a discounted paperback of the wood wife online from australias leading online bookstore. The wood wife is a novel by american writer terri windling, published by tor books in 1996. The wood wife has 5 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In this 21st century, people become competitive in. She has won six world fantasy awards for her editorial work and the mythopoeic award for her novel the wood wife.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Terri windling one of my favorite sites and blogs period, terri windling is a writer, artist, and book editor. Its the story of a fortyyear old woman rediscovering herself as a person and a poet when she comes. Pre raphaelite painter edward burnejones and his wife georgie. Set in the mountain outskirts of contemporary tucson, arizona, the novel could equally be described as magical realism, contemporary fantasy, or. Her mentor, the acclaimed poet davis cooper, has mysteriously died in the canyons east of tucson, bequeathing her his estate and the mystery of his lifeand death. Terri windlings the wood wife 1996 is another rural fantasy, rather than an urban one. She has edited over thirty anthologies, many in collaboration with ellen datlowincluding the snow white, blood red adult fairytale series, the armless maiden, sirens, the green man, and. Abandoned, bretagne, france the exposed wood structure bares the timber. Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life, maggie black comes to the southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dream.
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