Lud-in-the-Mist
Book description
A true classic - and the 'single most beautiful...and unjustifiably forgotten novel of the twentieth century' Neil Gaiman
Lud-in-the-Mist is a prosperous country town situated where two rivers meet: the Dawl and the Dapple. The Dapple springs from the land of Faerie, and is a great trial to Lud, which…
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1 author picked Lud-in-the-Mist as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Uncanny and strange, the idyllic village of this book could not be described more vividly than by the masterful hand of Mirrlees. If I described Deathless as a pitch-black winter night, this one is a viridian spring morning. The scent of the flowers, the chirp of the birds, the speech patterns of the characters… all felt as though I’d been snatched into the book itself.
After I’d finished, I was left mourning that I couldn’t hop on a train and traverse to this quaint little setting neighbouring a fae realm that sounded like it should be right up the road…
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