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Otherwise: Three Novels

by John Crowley

Otherwise: Three Novels Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The Deep

In a twilight land, two warring powers — the Reds and the Blacks — play out an ancient game of murder and betrayal. Then a Visitor from beyond the sky arrives to play a part in this dark and bloody pageant. From the moment he is found by two women who tend to the dead in the wake of battles, it is clear that the great game is to change at last.

Beasts

It is the day after tomorrow, and society has been altered dramatically by experimentation that enables scientists to combine the genetic material of different species, mixing DNA of humans with animals. Loren Casaubon is an ethologist drawn into the political and social vortex that results with Leo — a creature both man and lion — at its center.

Engine Summer

A young man named Rush That Speaks is growing up in a far distant world — one that only dimly remembers our own age, the wondrous age of the Angels, when men could fly. Now it is the "engine summer of the world," and Rush goes in search of the Saints who can teach him to speak truthfully, and be immortal in the stories he tells. The immortality that awaits him, though, is one he could not have imagined.

Review:

"Crowley is a writer of unmistakable humanity and unparalleled style." The Philadelphia Inquirer

Review:

"Extraordinary....[The Deep] has genuine beauty." Ursula Le Guin, author of The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

Review:

"[Beasts is] haunting, thought-provoking...extraordinarily touching." Booklist

Review:

"[Engine Summer is a] strikingly original and involving book...with uncommon sensitivity and grace." Washington Post Book World

About the Author

John Crowley is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. He lives in the hills above the Connecticut River in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters. His critically acclaimed works include Dæmonomania, Love & Sleep, Ægypt, The Translator and, most recently, Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780060937928
Subtitle:
Three Novels by John Crowley
Author:
Crowley, John
Author:
by John Crowley
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Fantasy fiction, American
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Perennial ed.
Series Volume:
v. 1.
Publication Date:
March 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
560
Dimensions:
918x604x149 131

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