The Porcelain Dove
1993
First Published
3.42
Average Rating
416
Number of Pages
Narrated by the irrepressible chambermaid to a French duchess, this exquisite blend of authentic 18th-century memoir and classic fairy tale is a dazzling story of devotion, intrigue, and superstition as literate and compelling as Possession or The Volcano Lover.
Avg Rating
3.42
Number of Ratings
258
5 STARS
22%
4 STARS
26%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
7%
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Author
Delia Sherman
Author · 14 books
Delia Sherman (born 1951) is a fantasy writer and editor. Her novel The Porcelain Dove won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. She was born in Tokyo and brought up in New York City. She earned a PhD in Renaissance studies at Brown University and taught at Boston and North-eastern universities. She is the author of the novels Through a Brazen Mirror, The Porcelain Dove (a Mythopoeic Award winner), and Changeling. Sherman co-founded the Interstitial Arts Foundation, dedicated to promoting art that crosses genre borders. She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, Ellen Kushner.
