Books by Hope Mirrlees
“There’s a very bourgeois English town, Lud-in-the-Mist, which is on the borders of Fairyland – but they don’t talk about Fairyland. They don’t go there. They trade with them, but they pretend they don’t. And this story is about a mayor of this little town, who is described as being very middle class and red cheeked.” Read more...
The Best Fairy Books for Adults
Jo Walton, Novelist
Interviews where books by Hope Mirrlees were recommended
The Best Fairy Books for Adults, recommended by Jo Walton
Fairies have long stood for the numinous other, and since the twentieth century authors have put fairy tradition to a variety of uses. Award-winning author Jo Walton introduces us to five landmark stories of fairies – wide-ranging in setting and themes, but always at once alluring and discomfiting.
