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Original Title:	The Crane Wife
ISBN:	0857868748 (ISBN13: 9780857868749)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	George Duncan
Setting:	London, England(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2015)

The Crane Wife

Patrick Ness

Paperback | Pages: 305 pages

Rating: 3.53 | 7006 Users | 1242 Reviews

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THE EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS EVERYDAY


One night, George Duncan is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly away, his life is transformed. The next day, a beautiful woman called Kumiko walks into his shop and begins to tell him the most extraordinary story.

Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.

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Title	:	The Crane Wife
Author	:	Patrick Ness
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 305 pages
Published	:	February 6th 2014 by Canongate (first published April 4th 2013)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Magical Realism. Romance. Adult. Contemporary

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Ratings: 3.53 From 7006 Users | 1242 Reviews

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Prior to reading this novel, I had read a couple of stories in Scottish folk tales and I think in one Alice Hoffman novel, featuring a Selkie; a shape shifting faerie and the basic fairytale in The Crane Wife is not dissimilar. I'm finding out recently that I do enjoy a grown-up fairy story, a fantasy novel if you will. Ness' The Crane Wife is brilliant, a whimsy, it is simply wonderful: I must make mention that I read the volcano and the crane parts twice simply to savour the beautiful imagery.

When a man named George Duncan saves the life of a beautiful white crane with crimson red crest and golden eyes who has been struck by an arrow and pulling it out, he thinks it is a dream but is surprised when a mysterious young woman named Kumiko changes his life forever by giving him the gift of love and of paper cuttings that are turned into artistic masterpieces. Can their love survive and will his happiness last? Read on and find out for yourself.This is a pretty good and sad read that is

Ness is trying too hard to appeal to adults and as a result comes across as pretentious.But in-between the pretentious moments, there's some really juvenile moments - such as saying someone widdled or weed instead of just saying they peed. What adult says "widdled"? I also wasn't a fan of 65% male George (which is apparently the amount of masculinity being a "nice guy" rates you) and his ventures into more typical masculinity. (view spoiler)[Which involves cheating on his fiance (which he feels

All stories begin before they start and never, ever finish.I loved the characters that inhabit this novel. Their fairly ordinary stories of day-to-day life and their struggles with loneliness were beautiful and involving. For me, the tale of a sad divorced gentleman, his daughter, grandchild and the prospect of a new romance was magical enough. I really didn't need the 'Crane Wife' plot and the author's attempts to tie modern day reality to the folk tale didn't work for me.There were the bones

Actual rating: 2.5 stars"A story needs to be told. A story must be told. How else can we live in this world that makes no sense?"One night, George Duncan is woken up by a strange keening noise in his backyard. Upon going outside, he finds a crane with an arrow through its wing. George helps the crane and sets it freeand from there, his life changes.The next day, George meets a mysterious woman named Kumiko. The two of them begin creating beautiful art pieces out of old books, and soon fall in

As fan of folk tales, myths, and art; The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness instantly caught my eye. Being a novel loosely based on a Japanese folk tale plus an interpretation by the band The Decemberists; what could go wrong? In my mind, the novel could either be a pretentious mess or a multi-level treat. How did The Crane Wife fare? Although I have never read Nesss other works, I understand that he is popular for his short stories; which is quickly deduced from the writing style in The Crane Wife.

The Crane Wife, quite simply, didn't work for me.I've been highly anticipating this book since I learned of it's coming existence for no other reason than the fact that Patrick Ness wrote it. Ness is easily one of my favourite teen/YA writers and I find myself having to read everything he writes - even when he ventures out of his comfort zone and writes a novel for adults. Not only was I eager to jump back inside Ness's brilliant mind, but the promise of a retelling of an old Japanese folktale