{"product_id":"seasons-of-glass-and-iron-stories","title":"Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An essential collection of work from one of today's most poignant speculative writers. El-Mohtar creates immersive worlds with beautiful language.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"El-Mohtar brings genuine storytelling talent paired with lush poetic language to deliver the kind of narratives her devotees have grown to love.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[El-Mohtar] is a tender wordsmith, able to play with the form of folktales and letters, reference materials and lyrical prose... [ \n\u003ci\u003eSeasons of Glass and Iron] \u003c\/i\u003eis alive on every page.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A collection of 14 stories and four poems that shine both individually and as a whole.... while still showcasing El-Mohtar's characteristic lyricism and striking imagery. There's not a false note here.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This collection comprises more than a dozen of the accomplished sci-fi author's stories over the past decade, including several--such as the title story--that have earned her some of the genre's highest honors.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Amal El-Mohtar and \u003ci\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"El-Mohtar is one of our finest crafters of sentences.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Half delicious murder ballad, half beguiling love story, Amal El-Mohtar transports us to Faerieland so seamlessly it seems as though she just stepped out of it.\" --Holly Black, #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book you'll want to revisit like a favorite song, especially once you know the words to sing along.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This extraordinary novella is El-Mohtar's solo debut, after the splendid \n\u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lose the Time War\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), coauthored with Max Gladstone, went viral. It's a marvelous story that pulls on old Grimm fairy tales of violence and truth telling, of what it means to be sisters in a story of fae and folklore, and of the kind of true love that exists between sisters.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"El-Mohtar's solo debut (after cowriting This Is How You Lose the Time War with Max Gladstone) is a heart-wrenching fairy tale about the bonds of love and family. It's a murder ballad in book form that will linger long after the final page is turned.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"El-Mohtar's ethereal prose paints a clear picture of the unbreakable bond between her worthy heroines.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When it comes to storytelling, Amal El-Mohtar is like one of the grammarians of Thistleford, a magician capable of deftly transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar and the numinous into the humane. \n\u003ci\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly enchanting tale of love and longing, language and song, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood.\" --Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gorgeous and glorious! Every sentence sings! Amal El-Mohtar weaves a lovely and poignant fairy tale that will linger in your heart.\" --Sarah Beth Durst, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Spellshop\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is lyrical, elegant, and above all, kind. I devoured it in one sitting. This story feels like the smell of rain. This is a fairy tale wrapped in brilliant language. An absolute must-read. Amal El-Mohtar is quite simply one of the best writers on the scene in ages.\" --T. Kingfisher, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eA Sorceress Comes To Call\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"T \n\u003ci\u003ehe River Has Root\u003c\/i\u003es is the perfect fable: both bright and brutal, very old and brand new. It's a story that outlasts itself, lingering like a song; I adored it.\" --Alix E. Harrow, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eStarling House\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Amal El-Mohtar's genius fairytale reflects a truth we can never forget: words carry enormous power. \n\u003ci\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is truly exquisite.\" --Zoraida Córdova, \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Orquídea Divina\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, musical, and loving story, perfectly rendered in El-Mohtar's beautiful, musical, and loving prose. This novella has all the dark comforts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love.\" --Emma Törzs, author of \n\u003ci\u003eInk Blood Sister Scribe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eAmal El-Mohtar has taken a very old ballad and remade it so once again it has a new and splendid shine. \n\u003ci\u003eThe River Has Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is about the borders that we cross and recross by accident or with purpose and how these passages remake us in the process. It's about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar's writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action. It left me intoxicated.\" --Kelly Link, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Amal El-Mohtar knows how to reel us in with beautiful prose and some of the most dazzling writing that we've seen.\" \n\u003ci\u003e--Cosmo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"El-Mohtar delivers a meditation on love--between sisters and between lovers--on language, magic, loyalty, and transformation.... El-Mohtar is a fantastic prose stylist, with an ear for poetry and a very apt sense for rhythm and metaphor.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmal El-Mohtar\u003c\/b\u003e is a Hugo Award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, poetry and criticism. 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