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Title Statement | Tales from the Hinterland / Althea Proserpine ; collected by Melissa Albert ; illustrated by Jim Tierney. |
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Author | Albert, Melissa |
Additional Contributors | Tierney, Jim |
Publication | ©2020New York: Flatiron Books,2021. |
Edition | First U.S. edition. |
Extent of Item | 223 pages |
ISBN | 9781250302724 1250302722 |
Other Number | 3889581 |
General Notes | Short stories. |
Contents | The door that wasn't there -- Hansa the traveler -- The clockwork bride -- Jenny and the night women -- The skinned maiden -- Alice-three-times -- The house under the stairwell -- Ilsa waits -- The sea cellar -- Mother and the dagger -- Twice-killed Katherine -- Death and the woodwife. |
Summary | In this companion book to "The Hazel Wood" and "The Night Country," the author presents a collection of dark fairy tales by Alice's reclusive grandmother Althea Proserpine. Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world. Among those you'll meet are a young woman who spends a night with Death; brides wed to a mysterious house in the trees; and an enchantress who is killed twice and still lives. |
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By Topic | Fantasy fiction |