|
|
Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 9780765324597
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Tor Books
Write a review
In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel. He writes letters to his brother and to others, including a friend still in jail. When he meets a real estate agent who tells him he is the heir to a huge old house, long empty, he moves in.
In a contemporary town in the American Midwest where he has no connections, an educated man recently released from prison is staying in a motel. He writes letters to his brother and to others, including a friend still in jail. When he meets a real estate agent who tells him he is the heir to a huge old house, long empty, he moves in, though he is too broke to even buy furniture, and is immediately confronted by supernatural and fantastic creatures and events. His life is utterly transformed and we read on, because we must know more. We revise our opinions of him, and of others, with each letter. We learn things about magic, and another world, and about the sorcerer Mr. Black, who originally inhabited the house. And then perhaps we read it again.
| ISBN | 0765324598 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780765324597
(What's this?) | | Pages | 304 | | Publisher | Tor Books | | Weight (grammes) | 340 | | Imprint | Tor Books | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Publication date | 06 Apr 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General |
|
| |
"A complex, spellbinding web of otherworldly sorcery and hauntings. Both terrifying and touching, this book of wonders speaks eloquently about the nature of responsibility and family." (Publishers Weekly)"  Be the first to write a customer review
|
|
|
|
|
Enlarge
