Memory and Dream
core novel 1994 Newford
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (3,616 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312855727 |
Synopsis
Memory and Dream, set in Charles de Lint's recurring city of Newford, centers on Isabelle Copley, a onetime art student who once possessed the extraordinary and dangerous ability to paint images so vividly that they took on life outside the canvas. After her gift caused tragedy among people close to her, Isabelle abandoned both her art and the dreams that fueled it, retreating into an ordinary existence. The novel opens years later, on the morning she receives a letter connected to Katharine Mully, a mentor who has been dead for five years, an event that reopens the past she has tried to leave behind. Isabelle is drawn back toward the abilities and responsibilities she renounced, forced to weigh what it would mean to reclaim a power she once swore never to use again.
Where it sits
- Universe: Newford
- Series: Newford, core novels core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charles de Lint
Notes
- From the series record (Newford, core novels): Widely-cited central novels of the fictional city of Newford, an urban-fantasy setting for many further novels and story collections.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Newford, core novels: position 2 of 3: previous The Dreaming Place (1990) · next The Onion Girl (2001)
Sources
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