Into the Green

By Charles de Lint

Book Overview

The author of Spiritwalk tells an "imaginary world" tale in the manner of Tolkien and Peter Beagle. A young woman travels through the Kingdoms of the Green Isles with a witch staff in her hand, a harp on her back, a puzzle to solve, and a quest to fulfill. Magic abounds in the land--but within magic, there is also danger. . . .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312856725
• ISBN13: 9780312856724
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Read

This is the first of the de Lint books that I have read, so I did not know what to expect. It was more than I imagined from a book of only 250 pages. The world he created was believable and even though not described in detail it was well-crafted. His actual prose were very good and the characters, for the most part, varied. The setting is much deeper than one would expect, I could see an epic 800+ volume set within this backdrop. The chapters were short and kept the story on a rapid pace. It reminded me a lot of the White Hart by Nancy Springer another excellent (short) book.

Score another for De Lint

De Lint is by far the best at blending urban reality with fantastical lands that are just "around the corner". He has done it again with this book. I have as many of his books as I could get my hands on...you'll be hooked, although Moonheart was by far his best. If you like him, you'll also like the Taliswoman series by Carole Nelson Douglas...Book 3 of that series is coming in November, 1999. (The other 2 are Cup of Clay and Seed Upon the Wind.)

A heartwrenching tale of length and strength of love.

You have to read it yourself. There's no way my descriptions could do it justice

One of the best works of Fantasy

One of the first fantasy books I ever read, it has stood up to multiple rereadings. De Lint weaves a tale of mystery and magic in a unique land with the courage and compassion of one woman. This book is amazing.

Archetypical gleewoman/wisewoman finds her purpose

After a heartrending death of all she believes in, the heroine is visited by the spirits of the land and by her late husband's father, to seek out and keep the magic alive by travelling afoot through the realms and bringing out the best in others. Her journey is filled with self-discovery and realizes the inner landscape of all she crosses, although not too late to save herself