The Far-Enough Window: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups of All Ages

by John Grant

A fairy tale for grown-ups of all ages... Joanna has lived in solitude for as long as she can remember. One day, when she goes to write up her diary, she discovers that she seems already to have done so – and this discovery leads her to the Far-Enough Window. Under the guidance of Robin Goodfellow, waiting for her beside it, she peers farther than the eye can see to transport herself to Fairyland. But this is a Fairyland unlike any she has ever heard of. Here nothing is ever as it seems as the fey creatures of mythology vie with the cosy little fairies she's read about in children's stories. Joanna must tread a complex and hazardous path to find her way back to her own present. If she succeeds, perhaps the mysteries of her own strange life will be answered. Filled with constant astonishments, The Far-Enough Window – by Hugo- and World Fantasy Award-winning writer John Grant – is a work of great beauty that also offers a thrilling adventure, challenging the mind at every ingenious twist and turn. It is a book for anyone who can remember burrowing down under the bedclothes with a flashlight so their parents wouldn't know they were still reading. Superbly illustrated by renowned artist Ron Tiner, who also provides the cover art.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction

292 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

John Grant is author of over eighty books, of which about twenty-five are fiction, including novels like The World, The Hundredfold Problem, The Far-Enough Window and most recently The Dragons of Manhattan and Leaving Fortusa. His “book-length fiction” Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hugo Award in 2003; its successor was The Stardragons. His first story collection, Take No Prisoners, appeared in 2004. He is editor of the anthology New Writings in the Fantastic, which was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award. His novellas The City in These Pages and The Lonely Hunter have appeared from PS Publishing.

His latest fiction book is Tell No Lies , his second story collection; it's published by Alchemy Press. His most recent nonfiction is A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir . Earlier, he coedited with John Clute The Encyclopedia of Fantasy and wrote in their entirety all three editions of The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters; both encyclopedias are standard reference works in their field. Among other recent nonfictions have been Discarded Science, Corrupted Science (a USA Today Book of the Year), Bogus Science and Denying Science.

As John Grant he has to date received two Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and a number of other international literary awards. He has written books under other names, even including his real one: as Paul Barnett, he has written a few books (like the space operas Strider’s Galaxy and Strider’s Universe) and for a number of years ran the world-famous fantasy-artbook imprint Paper Tiger, for this work earning a Chesley Award and a nomination for the World Fantasy Award.

Reviews

[Sara]

Its not fairland
behind than thousand window
there snow fealing outside
many wish to bulid
many wish to change
many painful story to shut down
many difficlut moment to do
stip by stip
its not zorpa realitionshep
i search for orange vew
hunger smill
answer
why me
alone in that castil
punshid for other
my tall hair cut
but i went to atic
to old room
to painful memory
to secyz heart
why me
me with dog alone
behind thousand window

[Naticia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet coming of age tale of fairies and fairyland and finding your true self. The plot flew right along after the first chapter, and I really enjoyed the descriptions of the settings. 3.5 stars, rounded up because unicorns and Mr Dogg.

[Stephani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of this book were filled with real wonder.

[CinnamonHopes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Far Enough Window is possibly one of the best Fairy Tale riffs I have read in years. Robin Goodfellow (of Shakespearean fame) shows the protagonist, Joanna, how seeing far enough is going far enough. In the process she discovers the power that humans have over Fairyland, learns a little about the world, grows up a lot, and makes some very hard decisions about how to live her life.