“The Village of Vale” is Edward Gorey-meets-J.R.R. Tolkien: trees that can be burned to the ground to bring loved ones back from the dead; eyeglasses that reveal the true nature of whatever the wearer sees; ghosts, lovers, animals, spirits; and a boy who watches over it all, caught between a world he knows and the world beyond Vale that he longs

“The Village of Vale” is Edward Gorey-meets-J.R.R. Tolkien: trees that can be burned to the ground to bring loved ones back from the dead; eyeglasses that reveal the true nature of whatever the wearer sees; ghosts, lovers, animals, spirits; and a boy who watches over it all, caught between a world he knows and the world beyond Vale that he longs to see...