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Queer FantasyQueer Science FictionTransgender & Nonbinary Fiction

In the Night Garden

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  • 2006 first published
  • 496 pages
  • 6 editions
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Catherynne M. Valente's In the Night Garden (2006) is a queer fantasy and queer science fiction novel. Key subjects include princes.

29 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 496 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.

About In the Night Garden

A Book of Wonders for Grown-Up ReadersEvery once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us--to dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time--a lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page....Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins stories to warm a curious prince: peculiar feats and unspeakable fates that loop through each other and back again to meet in the tapestry of her voice. Inked on her eyelids, each twisting, tattooed tale is a piece in the puzzle of the girl's own hidden history. And what tales she tells! Tales of shape-shifting witches and wild horsewomen, heron kings and beast princesses, snake gods, dog monks, and living stars--each story more strange and fantastic than the one that came before. From ill-tempered "mermaid" to fastidious Beast, nothing is ever quite what it seems in these ever-shifting tales--even, and especially, their teller. Adorned with illustrations by the legendary Michael Kaluta, Valente's enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you've come to the end, you realize the adventure has only begun....From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • Princes
  • Fantasy
  • LGBTQ gender identity
  • LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy
  • Fantasy fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote In the Night Garden?

In the Night Garden was written by Catherynne M. Valente and first published in 2006.

What genre is In the Night Garden?

It is usually shelved as Queer Fantasy, Queer Science Fiction and Transgender & Nonbinary Fiction.

How long is In the Night Garden?

The median edition has 496 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to In the Night Garden?

Readers who like it often enjoy Larque on the Wing, Waking the Moon and The Girl in the Road.

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