The Wood Wife By Terri Windling

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The wood wife by terri windling. Her heart that traitorous organ still leapt when she saw her ex husband through the window glass. Set in the mountain outskirts of contemporary tucson arizona the novel could equally be described as magical realism contemporary fantasy or mythic fiction. Nigel was a hard act to follow. It is windling s first novel.

She is better known as a longtime editor of fantasy and speculative fiction. By terri windling the wood wife 1st first edition hardcover hardcover january 1 1996. She knew then why she d run back to los angeles away from the nice man up north who said he loved her. Journalist and ex poet maggie black has inherited the estate of pulitzer prize winning poet davis cooper with whom she corresponded for years but never met.

Windling draws on myth folklore poetry and the history of surrealist art to tell the s. She has won six world fantasy awards for her editorial work and the mythopoeic award for her novel the wood wife. Free shipping over 10. Nigel came down the street toward her his face shadowed with annoyance.

The wood wife may satisfy some readers but i found it disappoin as she explores his home and the mysteries of his life and death she begins to suspect that the magic that fills cooper s poems is not allegory but rather reflects the reality of the desert mountains. The wood wife is a novel by american writer terri windling published by tor books in 1996.