Little, Big | Techniques
Crowley writes a fantasy novel, but a fantasy novel far more complex than those representative of the genre. Not content with solely chronicling events that transpire in a made-up world, Crowley presents the fairy world in conflict with the real world. In addition to elements of the fantasy novel and the fairy tale — for this is an adult fairy tale — Crowley manipulates other genres with great skill. The novel can be read as a bildungsroman, a novel which traces a character from adolescence to maturity, as well as a family saga, like Joyce Carol Oates's Bellefleur...
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