Little, big



While little big contains magic and fairies the story isn’t really about them, but about the humans and the their lives. The novel portrays fairies unlike the way Disney does, with childish wonder, but as another race that evolved alongside the humans in another realm allowing humans to only catch a glimpse. Even the characters hardly mention fairies unless they are apart of the Drinkwater family. The use of magic is ordinary within the Drinkwater house, regularly consulting an incomplete set of tarot cards to find out mundane matters, such as, the weather. The author uses the genre fantasy elements within his story, mentioning the supernatural elements, but the main plot isn’t about the supernatural elements of this world but of the characters within the world.

When smoky is traveling to the Edgewood house the main focus is about smoky and his life and not the surroundings. Smoky vaguely describes where he is and refrains from naming any of the towns he’s in. The novel follows the generations of the Drinkwater family from the founding of the family to the lives of smoky and his children. The influence and presence of fairies are there but remain elusive hinting at something at something larger. While Little, big is long and flips back and forth between generations every member and event is there for a reason and a has part to play.

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