In the Cities of Coin and Spice
- Publication
- October 2007
About the Book
Illustrated by Michael Kaluta.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award 2008.
Catherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her spellbinding In the Night Garden.
Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic in a new book of
Orphan’s Tales — an epic of the fantastic and the exotic, the monstrous
and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the everyday…
Her
name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this
orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her
secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake
of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in
a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged
skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too
fantastic, anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next
in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing
manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and
gears.
Graced with the magical illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coin and Spice is a book of dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever encountered. Open it anywhere and you will fall under its spell. For here the story never ends and the magic is only beginning…
