Tigana Synopsis
With this rich, masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY trilogy has created an epic that will forever change the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered.
But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride, set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780007342044 |
| Publication date: |
3rd February 2011 |
| Author: |
Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Publisher: |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
816 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Fiction
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Guy Gavriel Kay Press Reviews
Praise for TIGANA:
‘Flair, glamour and unstudied romance’ Sunday Express
‘An enchanting, colourful fantasy adventure’ Time Out
‘A huge book, packed with action, I enjoyed it all’ The Times
‘[Tigana] is so perfect I don’t think I could bear it if Kay wrote a sequel’ Interzone
‘One of the best fantasy novels I have read’ Anne McCaffery
‘Kay shows why he’s the heir to Tolkien’s tradition’ Booklist
‘A richly sensuous fantasy world, full of evocative history, religions, folklore, local customs, and a magical rites…a bravura performance, nearly impossible to put down’ Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Guy Gavriel Kay:
‘Kay has delievered such a magnificent conclusion – I can’t praise it enough. THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY will be read and reread for many years to com’ Fantasy Review
‘Packed with action’ The Times
‘A brilliant and complex portrayal of good and evil’ Publishers Weekly
About Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay has published fourteen novels which have been translated into 30 languages and have appeared on bestseller lists around the world. He is also the author of the poetry collection, Beyond This Dark House. His most recent work is A Brightness Long Ago. Before beginning his career as a novelist, Kay was retained by the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien to assist in the editorial construction of The Silmarillion, the first and best-known of the posthumously published Tolkien works. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1980, he has also been principal writer and associate producer for the CBC’s award-winning crime-drama series, The Scales of Justice. Kay has twice won the Aurora Award, is a multiple World Fantasy Award nominee, and won that award for Ysabel. He also won the Sunburst Award for Under Heaven, and is the recipient of the International Goliardos Prize, presented in Mexico City, for his contributions to the literature of the fantastic. Both Under Heaven and River of Stars won the Prix Elbakin in France for best foreign language speculative fiction work. In 2014 he was invested with the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour.
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