Mythago Wood - Softcover

Holdstock, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425087859 ISBN 13: 9780425087855

Publisher: Berkley, 1986

Synopsis

One of the few true Fantasy classics In this World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Robert Holdstock introduces us for the first time to his best-selling creations: Mythagoes and Mythago Wood. Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment ofprimeval forest, is inhabited by long-extinct animals and figures of ancient myth. George Huxley and his two sons, Steven and Christian, each explore the woodland in their turn, changing it by their very presence and finding wonderful - and deadly - things...

About this title

From the Publisher:

'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND CONCEIVED ... SOME BOOKS ARE HARD TO PUT DOWN. I FOUND MYTHAGO WOOD HARD TO SHAKE OFF' - New York Times

'Indescribably enchanting ... a fantasy which celebrates immensity of love ... should be read several times'- Spectator

'Classic yet original setting ... A haunting book ... Holdstock's best' - Guardian

'A stunningly good book. Conveys the haunting power of old heroes and lost gods' - Locus

From the Inside Flap:

Myth and Terror in the Forest Deeps

The mystery of Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment of primeval forest, consumed George Huxley's entire long life. Now, after his death, his sons have taken up his work. But what they discover is numinous and perilous beyond all expectation.

For the Wood, larger inside than out, is a labyrinth full of myths come to life, "mythagos" that can change you forever. A labyrinth where love and beauty haunt your dreams. . .and may drive you insane.

"Utterly enthralling."
--Times Literary Supplement

"Robert Holdstock's is one of the voices at the very heart of modern fantasy."
-Guy Gavriel Kay

"One of the strangest, most beautiful and most compelling fantasies I have ever read. A marvel of a book." --Keith Roberts

About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0425087859
• ISBN 13: 9780425087855
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback