SOLVED. Fantastique or fantasy: a guy walks to reach a place where they'll marry the last faerie. [s]

[Sébastien]

Year I've read it: 2000-2012
Year of the book: no real idea, but it describes post-1960 US

Plot details:
- the novel opens with a guy walking, it's important they walk, that's mandatory to go where they need to go to be traditional and walk
- I've the feeling it's in the US
- they're going to marry a fae / faerie (perhaps the last?)

[Sébastien]

There was an apple involved in the first 50 pages. Like walking on the road eating an apple.

[Kris]

Sébastien, can you tell us more about the guy (e.g., age, job or student, rich or poor, hometown)? Is this book for adults or teens?

Is this a romance - who is his romantic interest?

[Aerulan]

Little, Big by John Crowley
Here's the opening for Little, Big in case it helps.

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On a certain day in June, 19—, a young man was making his way on foot northward from the great City to a town or place called Edgewood, that he had been told of but had never visited. His name was Smoky Barnable, and he was going to Edgewood to get married; the fact that he walked and didn’t ride was one of the conditions placed on his coming there at all.
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[Sébastien]

Yup, looks like that. Checking more to confirm. Thanks Aerulan.

[Sébastien]

(view spoiler)["Edgewood—not found on any map—to marry Daily Alice Drinkwater" (hide spoiler)]

That's totally that, thanks a lot!

French title is "Le Parlement des fées", and I started to read it in this language in a library, so probably why I was thinking about fae.

[Aerulan]

Sébastien wrote: "[spoilers removed]

That's totally that, thanks a lot!

French title is "Le Parlement des fées", and I started to read it in this language in a library, so probably why I was thinking about fae."

You're welcome!