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L'Épouse de bois by Terri Windling

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tasharobinson's review against another edition

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4.0

What a magnificent feast of a fantasy book.

duriangray's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

midwinteraz's review against another edition

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5.0

If you live in the Sonoran desert and truly appreciate the natural aspects that make it so unique (or want to), you'll love this book. Windling perfectly taps into that undercurrent of magic and otherworldliness that permeates the desert. It's the familiar old Rincons, but with everything cranked up to a level of detail and saturation that makes it mystical. Beautiful, engrossing prose, and mysteries that unfold and reveal themselves in their own time - it's paced perfectly and was the perfect book to read with the windows thrown open and the flinty desert breeze blowing through.

jelundberg's review against another edition

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5.0

I first read this novel in the late 90s, at the height of my interest in mythic and interstitial fiction, and have returned to it more than 20 years later, when I needed to hear Terri Windling’s voice in my head. If possible, I love it even more now, and it hits me at a moment in time that feels vital and necessary. Terri is known so overwhelmingly for her editing work that it is easy to forget how masterful and musical a prose writer she is. I very much suspect that this is not the last time I revisit this wonderful book.

enchanteurlitteraire's review against another edition

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5.0

J’ai eu un énorme coup de coeur pour ce petit roman qui m’a autant surpris pour son magnifique style d’écriture que pour son ambiance de folklore amérindien et celtique.

moirwyn's review against another edition

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5.0

Windling blends vivid desert imagery with Native American and Celtic mythology to create a modern masterpiece. When Maggie Black inherits a house from the poet Davis Cooper, she travels to the Tuscon desert hoping to write his biography. While there she discovers that the creatures found in his poems and his wife's paintings are real. For a complete review, see:

http://bookswithoutanypictures.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/the-wood-wife-by-terri-windling/