Merlin's Kin: World Tales of the Heroic Magician

World Storytelling

by Josepha Sherman

the strange, almost eerie magician who stands just to one side of the rest of humanity. Yet Merlin is not alone of his kind. He has kin in every corner of the world. For magicians are found among all peoples and in all cultures. In this collection, Josepha Sherman draws upon her dual training as a comparative folklorist and fantasy novelist to present international folk stories of magical valor and peril.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Josepha Sherman was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon.

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 1 out of 5]

It hurts me to admit this, but this book was painful to read. This might be the worst book I have ever read actually. Not only did most of these short stories NOT make sense, but they were all very similar and quite frankly...poorly written.