- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Firebird (Jan 20 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0142400602
- ISBN-13: 978-0142400609
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 10.8 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,250,664 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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He is the Songweaver, but before he was a master of song he was merely Cerin of Wran Cheaping-a seventeen-year-old orphan raised by a wildland witch. Then he encountered the Maid of the Grey Rose-the lone survivor of the war that devastated the Trembling Lands and the promised bride of Yarac Stone-Slayer, the feared and terrible Waster. The mysterious beauty captured Cerin's heart, drawing him into a world both dark and deadly, until armed with only a tinkerblade and the magic of song, he would take on a man's challenge...and choose a treacherous path toward a magnificent destiny. The Harp of the Grey Rose is award-winning fantasist Charles de Lint’s first novel, long out of print-and it hints of the wonderful stories to come.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Book,
By smurph172 (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Harp of the Grey Rose (Paperback)
I read this book and couldn't put it down. It keeps you in the book and makes you wish you were there. It was like The Riddle of the Wren, but The Harp of the Grey Rose missed out on some of the details it had. The only thing that wasn't great about the book, is that it seemed like two stories. Besides that, this is a great book and you should buy it.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ho-Hum,
By "chickapea" (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Harp of the Grey Rose (Paperback)
Those looking for a typical De Lint read won't find it here. "The Harp of the Grey Rose" reads at a young level, with none of the hints of darkness and/or redemption of some sort that can be found in De Lint's later works. You can tell about fifty pages into the book that it was originally a novella even if you didn't know so beforehand. Though it seems like the rest of the story is a bit forced, if you have a free afternoon, its an amusing story and it doesn't take long to read.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Early De Lint shows only a hint of his potential,
By T. Connor - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Harp of the Grey Rose (Paperback)
I had seen this title on lists of CDL's work, but it took me several years to find a copy. Having read it, I understand why he let it go out of print, and may be keeping it that way even though a new edition would surely sell. It's not a bad book, but it's very much an immature work compared to his later stuff. It's connected to the Newford stories (it's about the childhood of the harper Kelledy), but the tone is very different. The most striking thing about it is the heavy Lloyd Alexander influence, something De Lint seems to have shed as he developed his own voice. In fact, it's downright derivative, though competent and even promising. It straddles, a bit awkwardly, adult fantasy and children's literature, and does not have the distinctive complexity of imagination that makes De Lint's mature work so fascinating and unique. For a fan of the mature work, it's not much more than a curiosity; as an introduction to De Lint it barely hints at the brilliance that came later.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
great companion to Riddle of the Wren,
By Erin Utz-Darr - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The harp of the Grey Rose (Paperback)
This is a wonderful book! Its not exactly a sequel to Riddle of the Wren, but set in the same universe, with the same hoary feel to it. Not one of his more well-known books, but I loved it as a kid and still do. Both are a definite must-read if you love old high fantasy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not his best, but I liked it,
By M. Phaneuf - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Harp of the Grey Rose (Paperback)
This was a quick, enjoyable read, but it is readily apparent that this was his first novel. It pulls too heavily from other sources and doesn't have deLint's distinctive voice that make his later stories so spell-binding.
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