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The Wild Wood

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This is a reporint of the very best of the early works by Charles De Lint. The character is Eithnie, an artist trapped by family patterns, afraid to trust, who becomes involved with Coyote Joe, the Trickster. An allegory about the 'butterfly effect', this small book is sheer magic and love upon the pages.

I can't say enough about DeLint - book after book - I fall in love with his writing and characters and their experience with the natural world. The world that is becoming lost daily. This is listed as an early work - back in print. It feels less complete or as well-formed as more recent books; my perception. But nonetheless - his ability to give you an instant chill of loneliness and then wrap you back in the warmth of friends, love or home - and the peculiar way that DeLint makes my heart ache for a bit of magic... it's all here.

For fans of Charles De Lint, this is a fantastic read. It's quik and it stands alone from his other works, set apart from Newford but with just as much fantasy and magick to keep you hooked! I love how De Lint writes, how he mingles the darker edges of faerie tales in with the whimsical. The Wild Wood is just such an example of Magicks sometimes dark beauty.