![]() ![]() It's not that the story is empty, in fact there's a satisfying resolution to the mystery of his labyrinthine plot. Turning the last page, the strongest impression is of these layers of detail. Not only the reader but also family members are confused about the influence and indeed the very existence of the Faery, and this ambiguity suffuses the entirety of plot and setting.This premise, anchored both in ambiguity and (seemingly at random moments) in crystalline but fleeting scenes, provides a diorama in which Crowley builds up a richly detailed world. Key to the myriad social relations is an underlying relationship with the Faery, elusively described but quite definitive in its broad integration with the families. Locus of action is a country manse and a city tenement. Little, Big mirrors a soap opera: two American families, linking back to a third family in Britain, are followed over 2-3 generations. ![]()
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