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Promises to Keep: A Novel
by Charles de Lint
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9781596061262 |
Synopses & Reviews
Review:
"De Lint presents Jilly's choices, the memories impelling them, and the solution to the riddle of Donna in his characteristic powerful yet intimate style. Jilly's reader friends, including those first meeting her, will be more than delighted." Booklist
Review:
"Returning to one of his most beloved characters, de Lint brings to light another tale of enchantment and mystery, one that explores the choices people make and the promises they choose to keep." Library Journal
Review:
"[Jilly] has an incredible, perhaps endless number of layers, and each is fresh and exciting. In this case, the young runaway, recovered addict and budding artist does not yet believe in magic or mystery in the world; that impression is about to change." Rambles.net
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"Promises to Keep is a beautiful new chapter in Jilly's story. De Lint perfectly captures the voice and character of Jilly at this early point in her life, and allows readers a glimpse of her journey to become the person we know from the later Newford Tales." Endicott Studio
About the Author
Born in Holland in 1951, Charles de Lint grew up in Canada, with a few years off in Turkey, Lebanon, and Switzerland. Although his first novel was 1984's The Riddle of the Wren, it was with Moonheart, published later that same year, that de Lint made his mark, and established him at the forefront of "urban fantasy," modern fantasy storytelling set on contemporary city streets. Moonheart was set in and around "Newford," an imaginary modern North American city, and many of de Lint's subsequent novels have been set in Newford as well, with a growing cast of characters who weave their way in and out of the stories. The Newford novels include Spirit Walk, Memory and Dream, Trader, Someplace To Be Flying, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and Spirits in the Wires. In addition, de Lint has published several collections of Newford short stories, including Moonlight and Vines, for which he won the World Fantasy Award. Among de Lint's many other novels are Mulengro, Jack the Giant-Killer, and The Little Country. Married since 1980 to his fellow musician MaryAnn Harris, Charles de Lint lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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crowyhead, May 10, 2008 (view all comments by crowyhead)
On the jacket copy, Charles de Lint mentions that this short novel began as a short story and grew into a novel. This is very obvious in reading the novel, unfortunately. Despite its reliance on de Lint's stock characters (Jilly Coppercorn, Geordie Riddel, etc.), this would have been a pretty strong short story. Instead, it's padded out with still more flashbacks to Jilly's terrible early life, and in general feels repetitive and overly long. Also, not to be totally nitpicky, but some of it doesn't quite mesh with the early Newford stories. In all, this was diverting for a couple hours, but I probably won't re-read it, and I definitely am glad I didn't pay the $35 Subterranean Press price tag.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781596061262
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Subterranean Press
- Author:
- Subject:
- Fantasy - Contemporary
- Subject:
- City and town life
- Subject:
- Magic
- Copyright:
- 2007
- Publication Date:
- September 25, 2007
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 175
- Dimensions:
- 8.74x5.82x.76 in. .85 lbs.
