Recently I have found a talented fantasy writer named Ellen Kushner. I have been reading a novel of hers called Thomas the Rhymer, which is the retelling of some old Scottish legends and ballads, and I am delighted with it.
The old legends tell of a handsome young harper/bard who is taken to Elfland to be the consort and harper to the Elfqueen. He leaves behind a sweetheart in our world (Middle Earth) and has to win his way back to her.
In the novel the story is told through a variety of points of view - an elderly crofter who raises sheep, his wise old wife, Thomas himself, and the mortal girl who loves him.
The story is elegantly told, and very pleasant to read. ******************************************************
Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i>
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