Little, Big - by John Crowley (Paperback)

About the Book

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1981 by Bantam Books. It is here reprinted by arrangement with Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc."--T.p. verso.

From the Back Cover

John Crowley's masterful Little, Big is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot from the City to a place called Edgewood--not found on any map--to marry Daily Alice Drinkawater, as was prophesied. It is the story of four generations of a singular family, living in a house that is many houses on the magical border of an otherworld. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss; of impossible things and unshakable destinies; and of the great Tale that envelops us all. It is a wonder.

Review Quotes

"A work of considerable originality. A luminous sense of wonder flickers throughout the book." - Wall Street Journal
"Richly allusive, beautifully written, and mysteriously affecting...This is the story of an American family that has a special relationship with fairies...[But the book] has more in common with Bellefleur or One Hundred Years of Solitude than it does with Peter Pan." - New York Newsday