Description
Description
Walter Wangerin's profound fantasy concerns a time when the sun turned around the earth and the animals could speak, when Chauntecleer the Rooster ruled over a more or less peaceful kingdom. What the animals did not know was that they were the Keepers of Wyrm, monster of evil long imprisoned beneath the earth ... and Wyrm, sub terra, was breaking free.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Far and away the most literate and intelligent story of the year. . . .Mr. Wangerin's allegorical fantasty about the age-old struggle between good and evil produces a resonance; it is a taut string plucked that reverberates in memory." - George A. Woods, The New York Times
"Belongs on the shelf with Animal Farm, Watership Down, and The Lord of the Rings. It is, like them, an absorbing fanciful parade of the war between good and evil. A powerful and enjoyable work of the imagination." - Los Angeles Times
"Belongs on the shelf with Animal Farm, Watership Down, and The Lord of the Rings. It is, like them, an absorbing fanciful parade of the war between good and evil. A powerful and enjoyable work of the imagination." - Los Angeles Times
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
HarperOne
Pub date:
2003-08-14
Length:
256 pages
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