Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint

Winner, YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)ĭe Lint has a deceptively casual writing style, but his ability to pull in the reader's sympathy and suspension of disbelief is entirely artful. Winner, Canadian SF/Fantasy Award (Aurora) for Best Work in English This Triskell Press e-book contains a new Afterword by the author. Cleverly mingling folklore, fairy tale and modern life, the novel points to a fine connection between what is seen and what is not, and the importance of belief, compassion, and loyalty.

Jacky's daring and quick wit make for an exciting story that is impossible to put down. Luck, magic, and love bring to life a perilous, rollicking adventure involving Jacky, her best friend Kate, nefarious giants, nasty bogans, a trickster, a whimsical wizard, a small hob, and the last of the Swan Princes. The cap shows Jacky an unimaginable side of Ottawa and sets her on an impossible quest to save the good fairies from their evil counterparts. She's startled out of her reverie by a faceless gang of bikers attacking a small man whose body disappears, leaving behind only a red cap. In a fit of angst she chops off her long blond hair then goes out to wander the streets of Ottawa. When Jacky's boyfriend walks out, her life changes more than she could ever imagine. Married since 1980 to his fellow musician MaryAnn Harris, Charles de Lint lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.De Lint at his best. Among de Lint's many other novels are Mulengro, Jack the Giant-Killer, and The Little Country. In addition, de Lint has published several collections of Newford short stories, including Moonlight and Vines, for which he won the World Fantasy Award. The Newford novels include Spirit Walk, Memory and Dream, Trader, Someplace To Be Flying, Forests of the Heart, The Onion Girl, and Spirits in the Wires. Moonheart was set in and around 'Newford,' an imaginary modern North American city, and many of de Lint's subsequent novels have been set in Newford as well, with a growing cast of characters who weave their way in and out of the stories.

A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fictionīorn in Holland in 1951, Charles de Lint grew up in Canada, with a few years off in Turkey, Lebanon, and Switzerland.Īlthough his first novel was 1984's The Riddle of the Wren, it was with Moonheart, published later that same year, that de Lint made his mark, and established him at the forefront of 'urban fantasy,' modern fantasy storytelling set on contemporary city streets.

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Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint