The Crow of Connemara

Zusatztext Praise for  The Crow of Connemara : “An intriguing mix of  old Celtic Fae mythology and a contemporary drama  of finding yourself.... Leigh is a master at building an entire world! not just the bare bones required by the plot.” — RT Reviews   “ The Crow of Connemara  is an  aptly written! thoughtful story  that weaves its magic using strands from Irish mythology and folktales and juxtaposing them nicely with life in the modern world. I consider Leigh’s book as one-part fantasy! one-part drama! and two parts tragic romance.” — North Kentucky Tribune “Leigh did a wonderful job doing the world building of this story.... An  exciting and interesting ending .” —The Reading Café   “There is something so  otherworldly  about Ireland and its rich history! and [Leigh] does a beautiful job of tying it in with a contemporary storyline.” —Coffee Time and Romance    “Full of  imagination and lovely imagery . If you like a tale that is a modern drama! yet full of old magic and fantasy with a tragic love story then this the book for you.” —The Nameless Zine Informationen zum Autor Stephen Leigh  is a Cincinnati-based! award-winning author with nineteen science fiction novels and over forty short stories published. He has been a frequent contributor to the Hugo-nominated shared world series  Wild Cards ! edited by George R. R. Martin. He teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University. Stephen Leigh has written  Immortal Muse! The Crow of Connemara!  and the fantasy trilogy  Assassin´s Dawn . He can be found at farrelworlds.com. DAW TRADEMARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. AND TM. OFF. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES—MARCA REGISTRADA HECHO EN U.S.A. A Note on Dialect Given that the majority of the people in this novel are Irish, they would speak English with a distinct accent. From my own time in Ireland, I remember that the “depth” of the accent and even the pronunciation of words varied quite a bit depending on the person and their location. There were times I had to “translate” what some of my relatives in Roscommon were saying even though we were all nominally speaking the same language, their accent was so pronounced. We won’t even talk about idioms, which can be very different there. An author always has choices to make when rendering dialect in fiction. The dialogue and even the exposition could be entirely in dialect (à la Huckleberry Finn, for example) but to my mind that slows down the reader unnecessarily, requires far too much work on the reader’s part, and can lead to confusion. Another author might choose to not use phonetic dialect spelling at all, but leave the sound of the dialect entirely to the reader’s imagination. My personal preference is to take a middle road between the extremes: to try to give the occasional hint of the pronunciation where it doesn’t seem to hinder comprehension, with the hope that the reader will begin to “hear” the accent and continue to provide it in their inner hearing for all characters’ dialogue. Hopefully, that works for you. If your preference is more toward one or the other pole, please forgive me. Irish Gaelic provides another issue for those readers who insist on knowing how to pronounce the words. I’m not someone who knows Irish Gaelic beyond a few words, though I love the sound of the language. I’ve rendered the occasional Gaelic word or phrase here in the generally accepted spelling—but be aware that you won’t capture the pronunciation of any version of Gaelic by using the rules of English any more than you’d get proper pronunciation of French by applying English rules. For instance, in Irish Gaelic “mh” is a single aspirated consonant, and is pronounced as an English “w” or “v” depending on the surrounding vowels—thus, the Celtic fest...

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Leigh
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.03.2015, delayed
• EAN: 9780756409371
• ISBN: 978-0-7564-0937-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy