8 rows · · Charles de Lint pioneered the urban fantasy genre with critically acclaimed novels and stories ISBN Charles de Lint operates best in that twilight world where our reality and faerie intersect. However those beings from across the border (from the myth time as he calls it in Forests of the Heart) are not the fey creatures of popular fairy tales. They exhibit all too human /5(). · Forests of the Heart (Newford Book 10) book by Charles de Lint.5/5(5).
Forests of the Heart. by Charles de Lint. I adore Charles de Lint as a writer and a human being. Even his music has its charm, and of course he's a musician. I first came upon him reading one of Terri Windling's anthologies (can't remember which). Then at the Barnes Noble in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, which I spent my 14th birthday at. Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint. In the Old Country, they called them the Gentry: ancient spirits of the land, magical, amoral, and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some of the Gentry followed only to find that the New World already had spirits of its own, the manitou. Now generations have passed, but the Gentry. Once again Charles de Lint weaves the mythic traditions of many cultures into a seamless cloth, bringing folklore, music, and unforgettable characters to life on modern city streets. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Forests of the Heart. De Lint, Charles. Published by Tor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., ISBN ISBN Forests of the Heart is an enthralling voyage into the seamier side of urban magic. Returning to the familiar environs of Newford, where he sets so many of his modern myths, Charles de Lint introduces some of his most memorable characters yet. The Gentry are ancient spirits of the land, sired in rape and born of woman in the Old Country. Charles de Lint operates best in that twilight world where our reality and faerie intersect. However those beings from across the border (from the myth time as he calls it in Forests of the Heart) are not the fey creatures of popular fairy tales. They exhibit all too human emotions; greed and lust and petty minded violence.
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