The wood wife is a novel by american writer terri windling published by tor books in 1996.
The wood wife novel by terri windling.
It is windling s first novel.
She is better known as a longtime editor of fantasy and speculative fiction.
Set in the mountain outskirts of contemporary tucson arizona the novel could equally be described as magical realism contemporary fantasy or mythic fiction.
Leaving behind her fashionable west coast life maggie black comes to the southwestern desert to pursue her passion and he dreams.
What makes terri windling s novel the wood wife so good.
Nigel came down the street toward her his face shadowed with annoyance.
Her heart that traitorous organ still leapt when she saw her ex husband through the window glass.
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Windling draws on myth folklore poetry and the history of surrealist art to tell the s.
She presents a believable and subtly observed cast of characaters which could form the basis of an interesting novel if set in a mundane world.
It won the mythopoeic award for novel of the year.
She has won six world fantasy awards for her editorial work and the mythopoeic award for her novel the wood wife.
Nigel was a hard act to follow.
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Instead she places them in a heady mix of magic mystery and suspense to produce a spectacular fantasy.
She knew then why she d run back to los angeles away from the nice man up north who said he loved her.
A mythopoeic fantasy award winning masterpiece by a nine time winner of the world fantasy award terri windling s the wood wife returns to print in a tor essentials edition.
Terri windling is a writer editor artist and passionate advocate of fantasy literature.