The Raven Girl

Author(s): Audrey Niffenegger

Fiction

Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to take her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child - an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and between, she reluctantly grows into a young woman, until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her. One of the world's most beloved storytellers has created a dark fairytale full of wonderment and longing. Illustrated with Audrey Niffenegger's bewitching etchings and paintings, "Raven Girl" explores the bounds of transformation and possibility.


Product Information

An illustrated novella by the bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry

Audrey Niffenegger is the author of the international bestsellers The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. She has also published three illustrated books with Cape: The Three Incestuous Sisters, The Adventuress and The Night Bookmobile. She lives in Chicago and London.

General Fields

  • : 9780224097871
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Jonathan Cape Ltd
  • : 0.472
  • : March 2013
  • : 13mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : December 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Audrey Niffenegger
  • : Hardback
  • : May-13
  • : English
  • : 813.6
  • : 80
  • : Illustrationsstrations