{"title":"John Crowley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Crowley\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts narratives that blend the ethereal with the everyday, inviting readers into worlds where mythology and reality entwine seamlessly. His work bridges \u003cem\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSci-Fi \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e, offering stories that are as intellectually rich as they are imaginatively vivid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the enchanting labyrinths of \u003cem\u003eLittle, Big\u003c\/em\u003e to the contemplative futures of \u003cem\u003eEngine Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, Crowley’s prose explores the mysteries of human experience through a poetic and often surreal lens. His books are perfect for those who appreciate literature that lingers in the mind long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"little-big-by-john-crowley-9781473205475","title":"Little, Big","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdgewood is many houses, all put inside each other, or across each other. It's filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment: the further in you go, the bigger it gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, comes to Edgewood, her family home, where he finds himself drawn into a world of magical strangeness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrowley's work has a special alchemy—mixing the world we know with an imagined world which seems more true and real. Winner of the World Fantasy Award, \u003ci\u003eLittle, Big\u003c\/i\u003e is eloquent, sensual, funny and unforgettable, a true Fantasy Masterwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46703973007596,"sku":"9781473205475","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14192273482712.jpg?v=1753964261"},{"product_id":"endless-things-by-john-crowley-9781931520225","title":"Endless Things","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for the \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e sequence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003cem\u003eLittle, Big,\u003c\/em\u003e Crowley established himself as America's greatest living writer of fantasy. \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e confirms that he is one of our finest living writers, period.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- Michael Dirda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A dizzying experience, achieved with unerring security of technique.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A master of language, plot, and characterization.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- Harold Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The further in you go, the bigger it gets.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- James Hynes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The writing here is intricate and thoughtful, allusive and ironic... \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e bears many resemblances, incidental and substantive, to Thomas Pynchon's wonderful 1966 novel \u003cem\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An original moralist of the same giddy heights occupied by Thomas Mann and Robertson Davies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth novel—and much-anticipated conclusion—of John Crowley's astonishing and lauded \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e sequence: a dense, lyrical meditation on history, alchemy, and memory. Spanning three centuries, and weaving together the stories of Renaissance magician John Dee, philosopher Giordano Bruno, and present-day itinerant historian and writer Pierce Moffitt, the \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e sequence is as richly significant as Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet or Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time. Crowley, a master prose stylist, explores transformations physical, magical, alchemical, and personal in this epic, distinctly American novel where the past, present, and future reflect each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is a work of great erudition and deep humanity that is as beautifully composed as any novel in my experience.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An unpredictable, free-flowing, sui generis novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003cem\u003eEndless Things\u003c\/em\u003e and the completion of the \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e cycle, Crowley has constructed one of the finest, most welcoming tales contemporary fiction has to offer us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eBook Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Crowley's peculiar kind of fantasy: a conscious substitute for the magic in which you don't quite believe any more.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful palimpsest as complex, mysterious and unreliable as human memory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This year, while millions of Harry Potter fans celebrated and mourned the end of their favourite series, a much smaller but no less devoted group of readers marked another literary milestone: the publication of the last book in John Crowley's \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e Cycle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- Matt Ruff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Crowley's eloquent and captivating conclusion to his \u003cem\u003egypt\u003c\/em\u003e tetralogy finds scholar Pierce Moffett still searching for the mythical \u003cem\u003egypt,\u003c\/em\u003e an alternate reality of magic and marvels that have been encoded in our own world's myths, legends and superstitions. Pierce first intuited the realm's existence from the work of cult novelist Fellowes Kraft. Using Kraft's unfinished final novel as his Baedeker, Pierce travels to Europe, where he spies tantalising traces of \u003cem\u003egypt's\u003c\/em\u003e mysteries in the Gnostic teachings of the Rosicrucians, the mysticism of John Dee, the progressive thoughts of heretical priest Giordano Bruno, and the 'chemical wedding' of two 17th-century monarchs in Prague. Like Pierce's travels, the final destination for this modern fantasy epic is almost incidental to its telling. With astonishing dexterity, Crowley (\u003cem\u003eLord Byron's Novel\u003c\/em\u003e) parallels multiple storylines spread across centuries and unobtrusively deploys recurring symbols and motifs to convey a sense of organic wholeness. Even as Pierce's quest ends on a fulfilling personal note, this marvellous tale comes full circle to reinforce its timeless themes of transformation, re-creation and immortality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocus Award\u003c\/em\u003e finalist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Crowley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the appropriately liminal town of Presque Isle, Maine. His most recent novel is \u003cem\u003eFour Freedoms.\u003c\/em\u003e He teaches creative writing at Yale University. In 1992 he received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. 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