Book Review
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kenjariThe Wood Wife
by Terri Windling
This book of magical realism/fantasy was very much in the Charles de Lint vein - the main characters are artists, writers, and musicians and the story is about these people discovering and interacting with the magic and magical beings that exist under the surface of their surroundings. In this case, a poet named Maggie Black travels to the Arizona desert to take possession of the house and papers of recently dead fellow poet Davis Cooper, her mentor. Her intention is to write a biography of the man, but she discovers that the desert world from which Cooper drew his inspiration is more than a landscape.
Windling's writing is very good and her characters are likable, but the real star of the book is the Arizona desert itself. The natural is as much a part of the cast as the people are. And the way Windling writes about Arizona is wonderful.
by Terri Windling
This book of magical realism/fantasy was very much in the Charles de Lint vein - the main characters are artists, writers, and musicians and the story is about these people discovering and interacting with the magic and magical beings that exist under the surface of their surroundings. In this case, a poet named Maggie Black travels to the Arizona desert to take possession of the house and papers of recently dead fellow poet Davis Cooper, her mentor. Her intention is to write a biography of the man, but she discovers that the desert world from which Cooper drew his inspiration is more than a landscape.
Windling's writing is very good and her characters are likable, but the real star of the book is the Arizona desert itself. The natural is as much a part of the cast as the people are. And the way Windling writes about Arizona is wonderful.
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Date: 2007-02-27 05:28 pm (UTC)She was *supposed* to write a sequel called The Moon Wife (I was at a conference where she mentioned it), but I assume that never made it off the ground.
Terri Windling actually edited De Lint's work for a long time before she started publishing on her own, they're sort of in the same circle.