- Paperback: 334 pages
- Publisher: Orb Books; Reprint edition (July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765300346
- ISBN-13: 978-0765300348
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.1 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 615,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that’s as much about this world as about the other one. It’s about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that’s as much about this world as about the other one. It’s about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
From the Back Cover
“A contemporary fantasy classic.”—Publishers Weekly
“Emma Bull is really good.”—Neil Gaiman
Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that’s as much about this world as about the other one. It’s about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
“One of the most engaging fantasies I’ve read in a long time.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Knifes through the fantasy genre like a sharp blade of wind.” —Charles de Lint
“Emma Bull is really good.”—Neil Gaiman
Acclaimed by critics and readers on its first publication in 1987, winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy.
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that’s as much about this world as about the other one. It’s about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
“One of the most engaging fantasies I’ve read in a long time.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Knifes through the fantasy genre like a sharp blade of wind.” —Charles de Lint
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Riff for Faerie,
By
This review is from: War for the Oaks (Paperback)
There are no dragons here, but you won’t miss them. Instead you’ll find a superb tale of faerie, music, and romance. Emma Bull and Steven Brust (also a well known fantasy author) were at one point two components of the band Cats Laughing, and Bull uses her musical knowledge and experience to great advantage here. Her descriptions of practice sessions and performances will resonate with any music fan, and she skillfully weaves this into a major component of her tale of Eddi, selected by the Seelie to invoke the boon of mortality on the battles of the faerie world. To protect Eddi until the time of the battle, a phouka is assigned to guard her, at times a formidable dog, at other times a whimsical human trickster. Though quite predictable, there is a slowly building romance between the two, and this defines both characters to a depth that is rare in fantasy, as each impacts on and reacts to the other, and wind their way into the reader’s heart.The world of faerie is seen at a distance (even though the major characters are directly involved in some of the faerie battles), never fully explained or examined in detail, and this very indistinctness adds flavor, a bit of mystery, and charm to what is really a story of and about some of our deepest emotions. The final battle between Eddi and the Queen of Air and Darkness is extraordinarily different, drawing on the ‘magical’ emotional state that sometimes occurs between the makers and hearers of music, rather than swords, spells, talismans, or some hidden bit of arcane knowledge so common to the climax of most fantasy. Different, powerful, skillfully told, this book is a charmer. --- Reviewed by Patrick Shepherd (hyperpat)
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The dark side of faery nature,
By A Customer
This review is from: War for the Oaks (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book about the war between the good and bad faeries with just a dash of mortality thrown in. On top of the other-wordly action there are some brilliant scenes revolving around the main character Eddy and her band. Well worth buying if you enjoy fantasy but also if you're a rock fan! Emma Bull has some real life connections to Neil Gaiman and if you enjoy his work you'll see some clever twists that often indicate his influence- though they may be hers in reality! It's definetly her best book in my opinion!!!! Buy it.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Faery as it should be,
By
This review is from: War for the Oaks (Paperback)
This book delivers on all of the promise that is given it by reviews. _War of the Oaks_ is a darkly fantastic novel, where the good aren't so good, but the evil are truely bad. There is a wonderful merging of the world of faery, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The main thrust of the story concentrates on a central human protagonist, who is rather forcefully recruited by the Seelie court to act as the mortal on the field of battle which will cause all deaths to be real, rather than just severe woundings. Unfortunately, her ex-boyfriend is brought in by the Unseelie court, and they don't play by the rules, if they can help it. For protcection, she is gifted with a Pookah, a faery that can take the shape of a man or a large, black dog. Along side the main story, is one about struggling as a musician, and the twists and turns that are mixed between breaking up one band and forming another, and struggling to find gigs. This is a novel that you will wish did not end.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
