The Fox Woman

Author : Kij Johnson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429975933

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The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson Pdf

The Fox Woman is a powerful first novel, singing with lyrical prose and touching the deepest emotions. A historically accurate fantasy, it gives us a glimpse into, and an understanding of, the history that shaped the people of one of our world's greatest nations. But it is also a story about people trying to understand each other and the times they live in, people trying to see through illusions to confront the truth of who they are. Kij Johnson has created an achingly beautiful love story, a fable wrapped in smoke and magic set against the fabric of ancient Japan. Johnson brings the setting lovingly to life, describing a world of formalities and customs, where the exchange of poetry is a form of conversation and everything has meaning, from the color of the silks on wears to how one may address others. Yoshifuji is a man fascinated by foxes, a man discontented and troubled by the meaning of life. A misstep at court forces him to retire to his long-deserted country estate, to rethink his plans and contemplate the next move that might return him to favor and guarantee his family's prosperity. Kitsune is a young fox who is fascinated by the large creatures that have suddenly invaded her world. She is drawn to them and to Yoshifuji. She comes to love him and will do anything to become a human woman to be with him. Shikujo is Yoshifuji's wife, ashamed of her husband, yet in love with him and uncertain of her role in his world. She is confused by his fascination with the creatures of the wood, and especially the foxes that she knows in her heart are harbingers of danger. She sees him slipping away and is determined to win him back from the wild...for all that she has her own fox-related secret.Magic binds them all. And in the making (and breaking) of oaths and honors, the patterns of their lives will be changed forever. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1977-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0380017091

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The Fox Woman and Other Stories by Abraham Merritt Pdf

Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798594933088

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The Fox Woman Illustrated by Abraham Merritt Pdf

The Fox Woman is a fantasy novel by American writer Kij Johnson, published in 1999 by Tor Books. It is her first novel set in Heian-era Japan, based in part on the Royall Tyler translation of the stories of the kitsune, or fox spirits. The lead characters are an ambitious human named Kaya no Yoshifuji and a fox woman named Kitsune. The story follows Johnson's Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning story "Fox Magic", and precedes her novel Fudoki in the "Love/War/Death" trilogy.

Author : A Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1656944286

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The Fox Woman and Other Stories by A Merritt Pdf

Abraham Grace Merritt - known by his byline, A. Merritt - was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers.

Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN : LCCN:47015520

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The Fox Woman by Abraham Merritt Pdf

Author : Beatrice Deer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1772272124

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The Fox Wife by Beatrice Deer Pdf

One cloudless night, a fox falls to earth and comes across a family of humans. As the seasons change and they move their camp, she follows them, growing ever more intrigued by human ways--and especially by the oldest son, Irniq. When Irniq grows older and sets out hunting on his own, he is surprised to enter his tent one day and find the lamp lit, the tea made... and a strange woman who says she is his wife. Tired of being alone, Irniq welcomes the woman. But soon he grows curious and cannot stop himself from asking too many questions. Where did the fox pelt hanging in their tent come from? And why did the fox that had been following him suddenly disappear? Based on award-winning musician Beatrice Deer's powerful song "Fox," this graphic novel reinterprets a traditional Inuit story for a new generation.

Author : John Luther Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89005057765

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The Fox-woman by John Luther Long Pdf

Author : Larissa Lai
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551521687

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When Fox is a Thousand by Larissa Lai Pdf

An evocative novel that links the lives of a ninth-century poet/nun and a contemporary Asian-American woman.

Author : S. M. Beiko
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781773050713

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Scion of the Fox by S. M. Beiko Pdf

As the winter ice begins to thaw, the fury of a demon builds Ñ all because one girl couldnÕt stay dead . . . Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student Ñ dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) Ñ but sheÕs uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power . . . and quickly. A snake-monster called Zabor lies in wait in the bed of the frozen Assiniboine River, hungry for the sacrifice of spirit-blood in exchange for keeping the flood waters at bay. Thrust onto an ancient battlefield, Roan soon realizes that to maintain the balance of the world, she will have to sacrifice more than her life in order to take her place as Scion of the Fox. American Gods meets Princess Mononoke in this powerful first installment of a trilogy sure to capture readersÕ imaginations everywhere.

Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:367478075

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The Fox Woman by Abraham Merritt Pdf

Author : Kij Johnson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466800656

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Fudoki by Kij Johnson Pdf

In her skillful debut novel, Kij Johnson took the classic Japanese myth of the fox who dared to become a woman to win true love and created The Fox Woman, a luminous, lyrical tale of love, desire, joy, and the nature of the soul. Set in the same universe as The Fox Woman, this time Kij Johnson takes on another animal totem and enters the world of the creature who comes to be known as Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen. And who may or may not be the figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing as she follows the paths that are leading her to the nunnery and death. Fudoki is the tale of a being who starts her journey on the kami, or spirit road, as a humble-if ever a being such as a Cat can be humble-small tortoiseshell feline. She has seen her family destroyed by a fire that decimated most of the Imperial city. This loss renders her taleless, the only one left alive to pass on such stories as The Cat Born the Year the Star Fell, the Cat with a Litter of Ten, the Fire-Tailed Cat. Without her fudoki-self and soul and home and shrine-she cannot keep the power of her clan together. And she cannot join another fudoki because, although she might be able to win a place within another clan, to do so would mean that she would cease to be herself. So a small cat begins an extraordinary journey. Along the way she will attract the attention of old and ancient powers, including gods who are curious about this creature newly come to Japan's shores, and who choose to give the tortoiseshell a human shape. And who set her on a new kami road, where Kagaya-hime will have to choose a way to find what happiness she can. Weaving a haunting story of one being's transformation and journey of discovery with the telling of another's long life set against the backdrop of the courtly rituals of Imperial power, Kij Johnson has written a powerful novel about the nature of freedom and the redemptive power of transformation--if only one is brave enough to risk it all. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1517637023

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The Fox Woman by Abraham Merritt Pdf

The Fox Woman by Abraham Merritt Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]

Author : Catherine Raven
Publisher : Spiegel & Grau
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1954118112

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Fox and I by Catherine Raven Pdf

After receiving her PhD in biology, Raven lived in an isolated cottage in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes in Yellowstone National Park. Her only regular visitor was a fox, with whom she developed a friendship and from whom she learned about growth, loss, and belonging.

Author : Mary Fox
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550179381

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My Life As a Potter by Mary Fox Pdf

Acclaimed potter Mary Fox, known for creating stunning gravity-defying decorative vessels as well as contemporary functional ware, tells the story of her life as an artist.

Author : Jordy Rosenberg
Publisher : One World
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399592287

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Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg Pdf

A New York Times Editors’ Choice: “A mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, eighteenth century London . . . a joyous mash-up of literary genres shot through with queer theory and awash in sex, crime, and revolution.” NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • HuffPost • Kirkus Reviews • Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award • Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • “A dazzling tale of queer romance and resistance.”—Time Jack Sheppard and Edgeworth Bess were the most notorious thieves, jailbreakers, and lovers of eighteenth-century London. Yet no one knows the true story; their confessions have never been found. Until now. Reeling from heartbreak, a scholar named Dr. Voth discovers a long-lost manuscript—a gender-defying exposé of Jack and Bess’s adventures. Is Confessions of the Fox an authentic autobiography or a hoax? As Dr. Voth is drawn deeper into Jack and Bess’s tale of underworld resistance and gender transformation, it becomes clear that their fates are intertwined—and only a miracle will save them all. Writing with the narrative mastery of Sarah Waters and the playful imagination of Nabokov, Jordy Rosenberg is an audacious storyteller of extraordinary talent. Praise for Confessions of the Fox “A cunning metafiction of vulpine versatility . . . an action-adventure tale with postmodern flourishes; an academic comedy spliced with period erotica; an intimate meditation on belonging.”—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker “Confessions of the Fox is so goddamned good. Reading it was like an out-of-body experience. I want to run through the streets screaming about it. It should be in the personal canon of every queer and non-cis person. Read it.”—Carmen Maria Machado, National Book Award finalist for Her Body and Other Parties “A hat tip to Moby-Dick . . . a running footnote hall of mirrors to rival Borges . . . one of the most trenchant calls for progressive action that I have read in a very long time.”—The New York Times Book Review “An ambitious work of metafiction, a sexy queer love story . . . a bold first novel.”—Entertainment Weekly