- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Voyager; New Ed edition (4 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006512801
- ISBN-13: 978-0006512806
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 626,953 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fern and Will, the children of a feckless art dealer find themselves sharing the remote farmhouse he has inherited with his current, and sinister, mistress. Something snuffles outside; a stone in the garden, which bears an odd resemblance to a passing tramp, moves in the night; a wolfish dog befriends them. Dreams and sleepwalking and the most remarkable video-tape ever watched provide the 16-year-old Fern with evidence that the world is not the controllable, rational place she thought it was, and that her own future is to be altogether more remarkable, and full of pain and wisdom, than she has expected ... Jan Siegel has taken the material of a hundred good children's fantasies and from it woven a book which hovers, like her heroine, on the brink of being fully adult, with the visionary power that often comes from inhabiting the threshold between states. Her handling of shop-worn questions like the paradoxes of time, the price of souls and the sinking of Atlantis, is as fresh and remarkable as fantasy ever gets; this impressive first novel is a classic in the making, and, it is to be hoped, the debut of a brilliant career. --Roz Kaveney
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Fern and Will, the children of a feckless art dealer find themselves sharing the remote farmhouse he has inherited with his current, and sinister, mistress. Something snuffles outside; a stone in the garden, which bears an odd resemblance to a passing tramp, moves in the night; a wolfish dog befriends them. Dreams and sleepwalking and the most remarkable video-tape ever watched provide the sixteen-year-old Fern with evidence that the world is not the controllable, rational place she thought it was, and that her own future is to be altogether more remarkable, and full of pain and wisdom, than she has expected ... Jan Siegel has taken the material of a hundred good children's fantasies and from it woven a book which hovers, like her heroine, on the brink of being fully adult, with the visionary power that often comes from inhabiting the threshold between states. Her handling of shop-worn questions like the paradoxes of time, the price of souls and the sinking of Atlantis, is as fresh and remarkable as fantasy ever gets; this impressive first novel is a classic in the making, and, it is to be hoped, the debut of a brilliant career. --Roz Kaveney
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!,
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This review is from: Prospero's Children (Paperback)
I stumbled on Prospero's Children by chance as my boyfriend had purchased it on the internet but when it arrived it just lay on his desk as he was too busy to start reading it. I glanced at the cover and read the inside and it sounded interesting and seemed like one of the books that I'd enjoy so I then started to have a little read, which in turn, led to a very big read as I just couldn't put the book down! This book is excellent and I was suprised that I'd never heard of it before or seen it in shops as it is definantly one of the best fantasy books I have ever read! Jan Siegel's style of writing is beautiful and you instantly start to bond with the characters ,especially Fern, the 16 year old heroine of the tale, as I am teenager myself so it was easy to relate to her and her feelings. I couldn't wait to read the second book 'The Dragon Charmer' which I have actually just finished reading and that was excellent too! I'm now waiting to read the last in the triology 'Witch's Honour' even though I do not want this fabulous series to end :( I'd recommend this book to any fantasy loving reader who likes such books as Harry Potter, Lord Of the Rings, Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen as Prospero's Children is just as fantastic and exciting as any one of them!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful fantasy for both young and older adults.,
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This review is from: Prospero's Children (Hardcover)
Prospero's Children is a book that would have utterly captured me at 16 and does a fine job of doing it now at 30-mumble. This is a deceptively simple book. "Plucky young folk must find a magical object or the world will end." In other hands, this would be very standard fare. But Ms. Siegel creates some truly fascinating characters, a wonderfully rendered Atlantis, and a beliveable heroine in Fernanda. This is a well-thought out world, realistic enough to make the scarier scenes very believeable. It held my attention well into the wee hours of the morning, no mean feat these days! Prospero's Children is listed as the first book in a trilogy, but it stands well on its own. I would recommend this to anyone who likes their fantasy fresh and strong. I look forward to the next book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The fairy tale is back!,
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This review is from: Prospero's Children (Hardcover)
Siegel has produced a highly absorbing tale.An alchemical blending of fantasy,myth and realism resulting in a fable of the highest order. In recent times the fantasy genre has been suffering a great deal from terminal verbosity and the flogging of many dead horses, certainly not the case here. If anything this book is too brief, given the strength of the characters and vivid narrative. I found the descriptive writing totally engaging, even though the subject matter is definately tried and tested, J.S. manages to give it a breath of fresh air, stirring up old and familiar fantasy models with a blend of charm,intensity and poetry. I had all but given up on this genre, so this book was an immensely rewarding read.I put her up there with Clive Barker,Orson Scott Card, Steven Donaldson and Tim Powers, as an author who can take an overworked subject and give it a reborn sense of originality and vigour. The child in all of us is drawn to a well told fairy tale, which is exactly what J.S. has done here,with finesse and grace. I look foreward to the next offering.
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