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de Charles De Lint (Author)
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This pleasing addition to the popular Newford saga (The Onion Girl, etc.) brings series characters Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell together in a romantic relationship that's anything but simple. In de Lint's magic-realist universe, a version of contemporary North America, the supernatural is taken for granted and the occasional skeptic who doesn't understand that everyone else has routine encounters with fairies and Native American earth spirits is left very much in the dark. Many of the characters are folk musicians, one of whom begins the story under magical compulsion to perform for the fairy revels in a shopping mall after closing time. These fairies aren't necessarily of the cuddly sort—early on, a female musician barely escapes possible rape or murder from nasty little men. In the background, a great war is brewing between Native American spirits and those that came over with the white men, a situation that inevitably recalls Neil Gaiman's American Gods, to which this more intimate and folksy book compares favorably.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.


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*Starred Review* De Lint takes us back to Newford and environs, his most extensive creation, where things and people from dreams and lore and story pass easily into the human world and draw humans into theirs. When Lizzie Mahone's car breaks down at a crossroads in the early hours of the morning, and she is rescued from a gang of particularly thuggish spirits by a kindlier one, she takes her first step into the world of the spirits of the land and also into the midst of brawls and rivalries between aboriginal spirits and others who have arrived over the centuries. The dwellers in the otherlands have adapted to changes wrought by time and technology but, not having altered their nature, are as capriciously helpful or harmful to humans as they ever were in any folktale. Lizzie's introduction to the otherlands draws her into the circle of similar characters in de Lint's previous Newford books. Indeed, Widdershins is also a story of Jilly Coppercorn, the crippled heroine of The Onion Girl (2001). De Lint weaves the individual characters' stories into a tight-knit whole, accompanied by music, love, pugnacity, frustration, and healing. Many of his faithful readers see the people he has created as kin they want to keep up with. Walk widdershins (i.e., counterclockwise) once and you may, too. Frieda Murray
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Going Forwards..., Déc 7 2008
Par Jamieson Villeneuve "Author at Large" (Ottawa Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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In a contrary or counterclockwise direction: "The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins" (Anthony Bailey).



What would you do for love? Would you write a sonnet? Would you climb mountains for it? Would you battle for it? What about traveling to an alternate universe inside of the woman that you love, to battle beings from her past? This is just what Geordie Riddell has to do to save the love of his life, Jilly Coppercorn.

Fans of Charles De Lint's Newford books have been waiting with bated breath for Jilly and Geordie to get together and realize the one thing that everyone else knows: They love each other. But they'll have a lot to get through before they even realize their love exists. There is trouble brewing on the streets of Newford and, as usual, the Fey are involved.

Animosity is building between the Fey clans: The Native American Spirits that have lived since before time began and the New Spirits: those that have come later or immigrated on ships and barges. There is a thunder that is starting in the ground, a rhythm of drums; and the drums mean war.

Geordie and Jilly become involved in the battle through no fault of their own, though the danger has already been predicted for Geordie. If he hopes to survive, he must depend on those around him; especially Jilly. Regrettably, through Goblin involvement, she has withdrawn inside herself, to a world that exists only within her. There, Jilly the Broken Girl, has to relive all of her old hates, her old hurts.

If Geordie plans on saving her, he will need all the help he can get. But in the world of the Fey, there is one cardinal rule: Nothing is ever easy....

For as long as I can remember, Jilly Coppercorn has been my favorite character in De Lint's Newford books. I identify with her for various reasons, she's fun, has a good sense of humour; we're both artists. It's like she breathes in flesh and blood instead of just on the printed page.

De Lint's many fans, myself included, have been waiting and waiting to know what would happen to Jilly after 2002's "The Onion Girl". And many more wanted to know when Geordie and Jilly would get together. The time has finally come to find out.

"Widdershins" is easily De Lint's best novel to date. It's almost like literary fantasy; its themes include discrimination, prejudices, racism, feuds, battles, all told in this glorious prose. The story flows off the page, rather than being just a bunch of printed words. "Widdershins" is also surprisingly somber.

Compared to some of his earlier works where the otherworld in Newford was a little brighter, here we see a darker side of Newford that we have not seen before. There is also some very grim subject matter that, for me, made parts of the novel difficult to read. This is mostly because I care about the characters so much that I hate to read or see anything bad happen to them.

In the end, "Widdershins" is a masterwork. A deft weaving of faiths, lore, legend, characters and plot. The result? A wonderful tapestry of story that just cries out for your attention. Read it and be enchanted.

I for one will be haunted by "Widdershins" for some time.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 Not His Best, Janv. 7 2007
This review is from: Widdershins (Hardcover)
This is funny to say, but "Widdershins" is not Charles de Lint's best work.
What strikes me funny about this review is that it's like saying "Titus" is not Shakespeare's best work, or at least it doesn't line up with King Lear or Hamlet. Widdershin isn't De Lint at his best, but it's still very good; a lot better than most, not as good as some.
To start with, he has an AWFUL lot of characters that seem end up with the same resolution. The climax, and there around about five, results many times with characters just arriving and watching. A variety of plot lines can be great, but as long as they are differing strands and not having the character converge just to see how another plot line resolves itself.
The genuis of De Lint, though, comes into Jilly's plot line. I don't want to give too much away, but it's a marvelous metaphor for, to use an over-used expression, self-help. Her relationship with Geordie is a bit stale, which is sad because that's the promise of the book, but it still is neat to watch, with a host of other characters, and see what happens.
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