- Published: 24 February 2009
- ISBN: 9780553385762
- Imprint: Random House Worlds
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $45.00
Palimpsest
A Novel
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- Published: 24 February 2009
- ISBN: 9780553385762
- Imprint: Random House Worlds
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $45.00
Praise for In the Cities of Coin and Spice:
"A fairy tale lover's wildest dream come true...Valente has created a thought-provoking storytelling tour de force" --Publishers Weekly "Extraordinary...no summary can do justice to the bedazzling intricacies on bountiful display here."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A masterpiece of imagery and sensual detail while evoking an entire world through the medium of mythmaking. As with its predecessor, this Arabian Nights-like fantasy belongs in every library." --Library Journal Praise for In the Night Garden:"There is an entire mythology in this book, in which the themes of familiar fairy tales are picked apart and rearranged into a new and wonderful whole. The narrative is a nested, many-faceted thing...a wonderful interpretation of what fairy tales ought to be."--Booklist, starred review "Valente's publisher compares this book to Arabian Nights, and that comparison is hardly hyperbole...A work of beautifully relayed, interlinked fairy tales."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review