Little, Big is a sublime, earthy, artificial, moving, humorous, intimate, and epic novel. The Farther in You Go, the Bigger it Gets His other novels include The Deep, Engine Summer, and Ægypt. His fantasy and science fiction have established him as a major voice in imaginative writing. John Crowley is an American writer who has also worked in television and documentary films. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss, of impossible things and unshakable destinies, and of the great Tale that envelops us all. Winner of the World Fantasy Award, Little, Big is elegant, sensual, funny, and unforgettable. There he finds himself on the magical border of an otherworld.Ĭrowley’s work has a special alchemy - mixing the world we know with an imagined world that seems more true and real. Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, travels from the City on foot to Edgewood, her family home. It’s filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment the further in you go, the bigger it gets. Edgewood - which is not found on any map - is many houses, all put inside each other or across each other.
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