In the night garden
Catherynne M. Valente
Fantasy / Literary Fiction
In the night garden
by Catherynne M. Valente
—· 496 p· 2006
Locus Award20th Century Classicmysterioushauntingadventurous
Overview
About
A Book of Wonders for Grown-Up ReadersEvery once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us--to dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time--a lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page....Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins stories to warm a curious prince: peculiar feats and unspeakable fates that loop through each other and back again to meet in the tapes…
Pages
496
Random House Publishing Group
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose10
Mythic Interconnected Tales10
Fairy Tale Imagery10
Worldbuilding9
Narration9
Emotional depth8
Plot twists8
Pacing7
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