Cloven Hooves [Import] [Paperback]

Megan Lindholm (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Collins (November 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0586215182
• ISBN-13: 978-0586215180
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,729,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Megan Lindholm lives and writes in Tacoma, Washington. Her website is at www.meganlindholm.com She also writes as Robin Hobb, but the two voices are distinctively different from one another.

Her novel Wizard of the Pigeons was a Nebula finalist, as were her short stories "A Touch of Lavender" and "Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man." "A Touch of Lavender" was also a Hugo finalist. In addition, her short work has received the Asimov's Reader Award.

Although most of her book length work is produced as Robin Hobb these days, she continues to write short stories as Megan Lindholm.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, magical, poignant., December 8, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Cloven Hooves (Mass Market Paperback)

Megan Lindholm writes a moving story about a misfit, a woman who feels more comfortable in the wilderness of the cold north than with other humans, who loses her son in a tragic accident and her husband in its destructive wake, and who retreats to the forest with a childhood friend -- a faun.

If you like "crossover fantasy" where the present day reality mixes seamlessly with other realms, you'll enjoy this and her earlier book "Wizard of the Pigeons." Also highly recommended is her Farseer series (beginning with "Assassin's Apprentice"), under the pen name of Robin Hobb.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, magical, enlightening, July 11, 2002

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Terry Holland (Blaine, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cloven Hooves (Mass Market Paperback)

Megan Lindholm taps the root of teen angst and the pain of being different while struggling against societal norms for a young woman. Her prose and timing are brilliant and the enlightenment almost heart breaking. Her characters shine with life. She employs a technique of jumping back and forth between young woman/mother and child teen from chapter to chapter. I've rarely seen this used successfully, but Lindholm makes it seem ideal.

Even as a man, I felt and perhaps began to understand the agony a teenage girl/young woman can feel when she refuses to or can't "fit in". The character of Pan just feels right and adds to the magic of childhood, motherhood, and the struggle for independent thought. The story would have worked well even without the mythic side turning out to be "real", but throughout is original and uncontrived.

Only someone who refuses to read literature that asks us to grow and insists on only cheery stories could fail to see the brilliance of Cloven Hooves. From beginning to end it is unique, balanced, and extraordinary. I recommend it at the highest level.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poignant and Distressing, September 1, 2001

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"alamedachicken" (San Leandro, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cloven Hooves (Mass Market Paperback)

I would recommend this book; I have never forgetten it, but I will never read it again, it is so sad. It is well written, like all of her books: I would say it is about reality and fantasy, and reality loses. My favorite book of Lindholm's is Wizard of the Pigeons. Thank you Amazon: I didn't know she was Robin Hobb and learned it from a review. The reviews on Amazon are a delight. Love.