Some kind of fairy tale by graham joyce, paperback. As its title trumpets, some kind of fairy tale meditates on the nature of what it means to tell. A story of woods and clearings, a story of folk tales and family histories. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is christmas afternoon and peter martin gets an unexp. In some kind of fairy tale, the latest novel from the tooth fairy author graham joyce, he doesnt make it any easier on himself. It is a christmas day afternoon when del martin answers the door. He also has a sister whom he hasnt seen for nearly twenty years, presumed dead. About some kind of fairy tale acclaimed author graham joyces mesmerizing new novel centers around the disappearance of a young girl from a small town in the heart of england. Graham joyces some kind of fairy tale is a gentler, sadder story for adults than the tooth fairy. Joyce writes about the world of myth and magic through very adult eyes indeed, and his fairy world we are repeatedly told that the denizens of that world get very angry indeed at being referred to as fairies are sometimes akin to angelic hordes, and sometimes seem to have more than a touch of.
It is christmas afternoon and peter martin gets an unexpected phonecall from his parents, asking him to come round. Some kind of fairy tale is a 2012 novel by the british author graham joyce. It is as if neil gaiman and joanne harris had written a fairy tale together. But where a lesser writer might strain to keep all those layers in focus, joyce projects a vision of the heart as rich and ethereal as the ageold tradition fairy tale invokes.
A work of speculative fiction, it won the british fantasy societys fantasy novel of the year award the robert holdstock award in 20. When i heard about some kind of fairy tale i knew i had to read it. A work of speculative fiction, it won the british fantasy societys fantasy novel of. Some kind of fairy tale is fantastically formed, complete with a gently portentous premise, a marvelous cast of characters, and a narrative as smart and selfreflexive as it is at first oldfashioned. In sum, some kind of fairy tale is fantastically formed, complete with a gently portentous premise, a marvellous cast of characters, and a narrative as smart and selfreflexive as it is at first oldfashioned. Winner of the british fantasy award for best novel twenty years ago, teenager tara martin disappeared in the dense english. Joyce writes about the world of myth and magic through very adult eyes indeed, and his fairy world we are repeatedly told that the denizens of that world get very angry indeed at being referred to as fairies are sometimes akin to angelic hordes, and sometimes seem to have more than a touch of the demonic about them. Some kind of fairy tale is about a teenage girl, tara martin, taken into the realm of fairies though they are never really labeled as such, and she returns years later to her family, seemingly unchanged. I n graham joyce s some kind of fairy tale, fairies are not little and they dont have wings.
Her sudden return twenty years later, and the mindbending tale of where shes been, will challenge our very perception of truth. A girl was spirited away by a stranger on a white horse a modern interpretation of what. Some kind of fairy tale is a story about a family traumatized by the disappearance of their fifteenyearold daughter tara, only to be. I do like my fairy tales so im rather perplexed that its taken me this long to. I n graham joyces some kind of fairy tale, fairies are not little and they dont have wings.
Some kind of fairy tale is all about passing through walls. Some kind of fairy tale is a fantasy set in modern times. Enigmatic and intellectual, yes, yet readily accessible and massively satisfying, joyces latest is a joy. Some kind of fairy tale, by graham joyce the washington post. At the heart of graham joyces new novel, some kind of fairy tale, is a familiar, even shopworn, notion.