The Ten Thousand Doors of January
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Harrow, Alix E. |
| Subject: | FICTION / Coming of Age |
| FICTION / Fantasy / General | |
| FICTION / Fantasy / Historical | |
| FICTION / Fantasy / Romantic | |
| FICTION / Magical Realism | |
| Audience: | general/trade |
| Publisher: | Orbit |
| Published: | May 2020 |
| Format: | Book-paperback |
| Pages: | 384 |
- Our Price:
- $ 23.99
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- In stock
Additional Notes
| From The Publisher* | "A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting."--Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. Harrow's spellbinding debut--step inside and discover its magic. |
| Review Quote* | "Many worlds, vanishing doors, mind-cracking magic: I clung to each page, searching for answers. This is one of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read!"-Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author |
| Review Quote* | "A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through...absolutely enchanting."-Christina Henry, national bestselling author of Lost Boys and Alice |
| Review Quote* | "The Ten Thousand Doors of January begins as a simple adventure, but like its mysteriously transportive doors, leads deeper and deeper the further you read. Each page dazzles with things to be discovered: a mansion of priceless artefacts, a secret journal, a tantalizing quest through strange and beautiful places, and a love story that spans time, worlds, and magic. I couldn't put it down."-Peng Shepherd, critically acclaimed author of The Book of M |
| Review Quote* | "One for the favorites shelf... Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page."-NPR Books |
| Review Quote* | "Harrow has created a gorgeous world of magic that is at once familiar and startlingly new. With lush writing and a sense of wonder, The Ten Thousand Doors of January examines power, progress, and identity. It is an adventure in the best and grandest sense."-Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation |
| Review Quote* | "The Ten Thousand Doors of January is devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories, and the realm-cracking power of words."-Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood |
| Review Quote* | "The Ten Thousand Doors of January healed hurts I didn't even know I had. An unbearably beautiful story about growing up, and everything we fight to keep along the way."-Amal El-Mohtar, Hugo Award-winning author |
| Review Quote* | "A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love."-Kirkus |
| Review Quote* | "A gorgeously written story of love and longing, of what it means to lose your place in the world, and then have the courage to find it again. This book is a door I'm glad to have opened."-Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians |