Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall.Įach original tale is a small piece of the larger picture – a clue or a message, a theme, or a warning – interwoven with the tale of the Lacewing King as he travels the Worlds and encounters a multitude of characters: a toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife a princess whose heart is won by words, not actions a tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the vengeful Spider Queen, and deadly Harlequin. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M.

The beauty of stories is that you never know where they will take you.

It works wonderfully well.įrom the publisher: “Long ago and far away, Honeycomb follows a similar pattern, but of all of Joanne’s work of this type to date it is bigger, more complex and more ambitious. They have been a wonderful marriage of lyrical prose and subtle yet atmospheric illustration, in little packages that have been able to be read in one sitting – and then reread. The tales are beautifully illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust, Sandman, The Books of Earthsea) and included with the audiobook as a PDF.One of my favourite treats over the last couple of years has been reading the novellas that Joanne has been quietly forming that have rewritten the Child Ballads for a modern audience. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.ĭark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk.

Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. The beauty of stories you never know where they will take you. Includes a PDF of lush illustrations by Charles Vess ( Stardust). A set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki.

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