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Little, Big

John Crowley

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Aug 28, 2009 Mosca rated it it was amazing

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The most readily evident characteristic of this book is the beautiful, almost musical prose that weaves throughout the telling of this “Tale”. The world created is seductive and at times dreamlike. The characters are so well introduced and sustained that you feel that they are good friends, even as you know their weaknesses.

For these reasons only, this book is worth the effort. But other reasons also abound.

Please, read this bo ...more

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Dec 20, 2010 Kevin Xu rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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one of the hardest book i had to read in my life

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Feb 24, 2013 Krazykiwi rated it it was amazing

Oh this is one of those books that are so difficult to review. All books don't suit everyone, like music, or food, and this is one that I think you must either love or hate. It's like reading a Grimm's fairy tale, as narrated by the little prince, it's the reading equivalent of Elsa Beskow's paintings or those wonderful (fake, I know, but still wonderful) Cottingley fairy photos. I think the only book that I've ever read that had the same sensibility was Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. Or perhaps ...more

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