Trader (Newford)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765302969 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A novel of loss, identity, and, in the strangest of places, hope.Leonard Trader is a luthier, a maker of guitars. Johnny Devlin is chronically unemployed. Johnny is a lady-killer, a drunk, a charming loser. Penniless, friendless, homeless, Leonard begins a journey that will take him beyond the streets of the city to an otherworld of dreams and spirits, where he must confront both the unscrupulous Johnny Devlin and his own deepest fears.. When they inexplicably wake up in each other's bodies, Johnny gleefully moves into Leonard's comfortable and stable existence, leaving Leonard to pick up the pieces of a life he had no part in breaking. Leonard is solitary, quiet, responsible
He wants his life back, but, as he struggles for it, he realizes that he will no longer be satisfied with things as they were. When a mischievous spirit grants loser Johnny Devlin's wish for someone else's life, luthier Max Trader wakes up in Johnny's body, surrounded by the emotionally vacant shambles Johnny has left behind, bankrupt and farther down in the world than he has ever imagined being. Fans of de Lint's previous work will enjoy this gently didactic story set in the fictional town of Newford's thirtysomethingish community of arty waifs and folk musicians. . Jarred from his complacent, self-contained path, Max has only his inner resources
Could have been much more elh I kept reading to see what would happen hoping for more but did not like this book. I loved the basic concept of switching bodies but the rest of the story bored and even annoyed me. There was very little in the way of character development other than what you found out right away about them with the exception of one character who got a little more interesting. Without giving the story away I'll say that the sci fi aspect of it (other than the switching bodies) seemed kind of arbitrary and could have been much more interesting and more tied in from the beginning. It someh. Nancy Beres said I'm always amazed at the depth of characters in de Lint's books. I'm always amazed at the depth of characters in de Lint's books. I have been a fan for twenty years and just can't get enough of his writing. Trader is an interesting study of the question 'who are we?' Are we how we appear to be or are we our thoughts and memories? Fascinating study of how our thoughts and actions dictate our lives. Kudos to Charles de Lint! Thanks for making me think sabot these things!. "One of de Lint's best" according to Kieri. Wonderful book. I came to the semi-painful realization that de Lint's Newford books are the only ones that I really like. Memory and Dream didn't do a lot for me. I LOVED Dreams Underfoot. And then Trader. Near as I can figure, in the Newford chronology of things, Trader HAS to come between Dreams Underfoot and The Ivory And The Horn.I really, really liked it. The back cover describes it as "an adult coming of age story," and I would agree. The characters are vivid, funny, realisticvery passionate as well, which is very important for me.While Someplace to Be Flying is def