Charles de Lint Bücher

Mousehold, ein verschlafenes Hafenstädtchen, wird erschüttert von Niedertracht, Mordversuchen und anderen Schicksalsschlägen - bis Janey alias Jodi den Eingang zur magischen Unterwelt entdeckt und auf die rettende Musik der »Kleinen« stößt. Doch die Mächte der Finsternis rüsten zum Endkampf, allen voran der Großmeister der Grauen Tauben. Ein Wettlauf um das Bestehen der Erde beginnt.

Aus dem Amerikanischen v. Pape, Peter Roman. ( Fantasy). 462 S.

Auf dem Dachboden des großväterlichen Hauses stößt Janey auf ein Buch mit dem Titel »Das kleine Land«. Beim Aufschlagen ertönt eine geheimnisvolle Melodie - und John Madden, Großmeister des Ordens der Grauen Taube, wird alarmiert. Ihm ist jedes Mittel recht, um in den Besitz des Buches zu kommen - und sei es um den Preis von Menschenleben.

Now in trade paperback, one of the classics of Charles de Lint's "Newford" sequence

Welcome to Newford... Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street gathering the fey and wild and the poor and the lost. Gemmins live in abandoned cars and skells traverse the tunnels below, while mermaids swim in the grey harbor waters and fill the cold night with their song. Like Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale and John Crowley's Little, Big, Dreams Underfoot is a must-read book not only for fans of urban fantasy, but for all who seek magic in everyday life. Contents: Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair (1987) The Stone Drum (1989) Timeskip (1989) Freewheeling (1990) That Explains Poland (1988) Romano Drom (1989) The Sacred Fire (1989) Winter Was Hard (1991) Pity the Monsters (1991) Ghosts of Wind and Shadow (1990) The Conjure Man (1992) Small Deaths (1993) The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep (1993) In the House of My Enemy (1993) But for the Grace Go I (1991) Bridges (1992) Our Lady of the Harbour (1991) Paperjack (1991) Tallulah (1991)

In the Old Country, the Gentry are ancient, magical spirits of the land, amoral and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some Gentry followed but found the New World inhabited by its own spirits, known as manitou among Native tribes. Generations later, the Irish have settled, yet the Gentry remain homeless, lurking in city shadows, dreaming of power. As their ambitions grow darker, they manifest as men in black to those who can see them. Bettina, part Indian and part Mexican, has been raised by her grandmother to understand the spirit world. Living in Kellygnow, an arts colony in Newford, she often observes these dark figures, whom she calls los lobos, until one night, one follows her into the woods. Ellie, an independent sculptor with magic in her blood, also sees the dark men but refuses to acknowledge it. Summoned to Kellygnow by a strange old woman, she must create a mask based on an ancient Celtic artifact—the mythic Summer King—despite her disbelief. Her former lover, Donal, knows the truth of the old myths and aims to exploit the mask and the Gentry. Meanwhile, Donal's sister Miki, a punk accordion player, realizes that more than her brother's soul is at stake, as the very fabric of Newford is threatened. Charles de Lint masterfully intertwines diverse mythic traditions, folklore, and memorable characters in a contemporary urban setting.

In novel after novel, and story after story, Charles de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city to vivid life. Newford: where magic lights dark streets; where myths walk clothed in modern shapes; where a broad cast of extraordinary and affecting people work to keep the whole world turning. At the center of all the entwined lives in Newford stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair, her paint-splattered jeans, a smile perpetually on her lips--Jilly, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the city's shadows. Now, at last, de Lint tells Jilly's own story...for behind the painter's fey charm lies a dark secret and a past she's labored to forget. And that past is coming to claim her now. "I'm the onion girl," Jilly Coppercorn says. "Pull back the layers of my life, and you won't find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl." She's very, very good at running. But life has just forced Jilly to stop.