Godmother Night

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
Cover of the book Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack, Orion Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rachel Pollack ISBN: 9780575119451
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Publication: June 30, 2014
Imprint: Gateway Language: English
Author: Rachel Pollack
ISBN: 9780575119451
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication: June 30, 2014
Imprint: Gateway
Language: English

Almost a set of short stories, this novel breaks into discrete episodes, centered on identity, love, and death. Jaqe has no identity until she meets Laurie, introduced and named by Mother Night; in that moment, she knows herself, and that she loves Laurie. But once Mother Night has become part of their lives, Laurie and Jaqe and their daughter Kate cannot live as other people do. Knowing Death, inevitably each of them seeks to use the knowledge, to bargain with Death, and to change the terms in the balance of life and death in the world. Pollack's characters, major and supporting, living, dead, and divine, are memorably human. As she transplants myths and folklore into a modern setting, she gives new life to old tales and a deeper meaning to a seemingly simple world.

Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1997

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Almost a set of short stories, this novel breaks into discrete episodes, centered on identity, love, and death. Jaqe has no identity until she meets Laurie, introduced and named by Mother Night; in that moment, she knows herself, and that she loves Laurie. But once Mother Night has become part of their lives, Laurie and Jaqe and their daughter Kate cannot live as other people do. Knowing Death, inevitably each of them seeks to use the knowledge, to bargain with Death, and to change the terms in the balance of life and death in the world. Pollack's characters, major and supporting, living, dead, and divine, are memorably human. As she transplants myths and folklore into a modern setting, she gives new life to old tales and a deeper meaning to a seemingly simple world.

Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1997

More books from Orion Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Brightonomicon by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Golden Vanity by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Popes and Phantoms by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book The Missing Partners by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book The Dangerfield Talisman by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Lost or Found by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book From Realms Beyond by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book The Chariots of Ra by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Flame Mass by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Fear of Strangers by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Sandworld by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Alien Citadel by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Yorkshire by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Frost Dancers: A Story of Hares by Rachel Pollack
Cover of the book Dirty Work by Rachel Pollack
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy