Imatge de l'autor

Marly Youmans

Autor/a de Catherwood

26+ obres 420 Membres 10 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Marly Youmans's poems have appeared in Carolina Quarterly, Canto, Black Warrior Review, and Ploughshares, among other publications. A native and longtime resident of the Carolinas, she now lives in Cooperstown, New York. She is also the author of three novels and a book for children
Crèdit de la imatge: Cory Doctorow, January 18, 2006

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Obres de Marly Youmans

Catherwood (1966) 134 exemplars
The Curse of the Raven Mocker (2003) 43 exemplars
Ingledove (2005) 39 exemplars
The Wolf Pit (2001) 30 exemplars
Glimmerglass: A Novel (2014) — Autor — 20 exemplars
Little Jordan: A Novel (1995) 16 exemplars
Thaliad (2012) 10 exemplars
Val/Orson (2009) 8 exemplars
Maze of Blood (2015) 5 exemplars
The Foliate Head (2012) 5 exemplars
The Book of the Red King (2019) 3 exemplars
The Throne of Psyche (2011) 2 exemplars
Power And Magic 1 exemplars
Claire: Poems (2004) 1 exemplars
The Chinese Room 1 exemplars
The Comb 1 exemplars
Tall Yorinda 1 exemplars
Seren of the Wildwood (2023) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology (2008) — Redactor/compositor — 353 exemplars
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction (2009) — Col·laborador — 220 exemplars
Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense (2011) — Col·laborador — 206 exemplars
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (2010) — Col·laborador — 193 exemplars
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy (2006) — Col·laborador — 130 exemplars
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories (2007) — Col·laborador — 120 exemplars
Dreams from the Witch House: Female Voices of Lovecraftian Horror (2015) — Col·laborador — 84 exemplars
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2008 Edition (2008) — Col·laborador — 62 exemplars
We Think, Therefore We Are (2009) — Col·laborador — 58 exemplars
Last Drink Bird Head : A Flash Fiction Anthology for Charity (2009) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV (2005) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 33 • February 2013 (2013) — Col·laborador — 14 exemplars
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 13 (2007) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 20 (2012) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 19: Enemy of the Good (2009) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 17 — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Postscripts Magazine, Issue 20/21: Edison's Frankenstein (2009) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars

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A point off for very dense reading, due to the author's excellent attempt at making the language authentically 17th century. (To be honest, it doesn't feel like the language is naturally 17th century, more like the author adds in words and phrases that her 17th century dictionary told her were 17th century. I doubt people actually spoke certain phrases in the stilted manner the author presents.)
 
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ChayaLovesToRead | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Feb 18, 2024 |
It is uncommon that I find historical fiction set in early America very easy to read, probably because I tend to nitpick it more than is healthy. But I'm very pleased to say I had no such problems with this elegant, lyrical novel, which was thoroughly satisfying and very readable.
 
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JBD1 | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Oct 29, 2022 |
I suspect this is going to be one of those books that will come back to haunt me at later dates. It is hard to describe the emotion it evokes when Catherwood is lost in the wilderness with her child. I have been lost, for only a few hours, in a wood, and I recall how frightening it seemed to me to know that I had lost the trail and might not find it again. In my case, a search party would have been launched within hours, I’m sure, had I not returned; in this case, lost is lost and Catherwood must find her own path out of the true wilderness she has wandered into.

There is, it seems to me, a great symbolic arc to this story, along with the very realistic one of loss and desperation. I did not want the story to end as abruptly as it did, but I realized that the object of the tale had been achieved, and knowing more about what happened beyond that point might diminish, rather than enhance, the impact.

In the end, this book is hard to describe. It has a fairytale quality or an ancient folklore vibe. It has a poetic element that has nothing to do with rhythm, but with flow. The second half of it reads like it could be sung in Homeric ballad style. I seldom read anything that I feel is completely unique, but I would dare say this is.

The other odd thing about this book is that I stumbled upon it while just scanning through a list of books, never heard of it or the author, and picked it out of a list of some 200 titles. It was as if it called to me to read it, and read it now. I had no intention of doing so…my list of planned reads is long and pressing, and the time for reading this year is closing in. Then I came across it again in a friend’s 2022 plans. I felt compelled, so I abandoned the plans and read it today. Right book, right time. Occasionally, the literature gods smile upon us.
… (més)
 
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mattorsara | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Aug 11, 2022 |
I love this book with an unreasonable passion. I can't explain it; it's a simple narrative, not terribly likely, a single arc. It's just that every word seems true, despite the unlikeliness of the plot. Youmans has never written anything else like it. It seems to have arrived like a visitation from a parallel reality. News of those is valuable to me.
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AnnKlefstad | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Feb 4, 2022 |

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Obres
26
També de
17
Membres
420
Popularitat
#58,060
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
10
ISBN
32
Llengües
2

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