La Tapisserie de Fionavar : Coffret en 3 volumes : Tome 1, L'Arbre de l'été ; Tome 2, Le Feu vagabond ; Tome 3, La Voie obscure (The Fionavar Tapestry #1-3 omnibus)
ISBN:
9782277606758 (2277606758)
Pages no: 362
Edition language: French
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Novels,
Epic Fantasy,
Epic,
High Fantasy,
Cultural,
Adult,
Canada,
Mythology,
Arthurian
Series: The Fionavar Tapestry (#1)
This is a fantasy trilogy where Guy Gavriel Kay made a knowing and deliberate decision to emulate J.R.R. Tolkien. Perhaps this was to be expected after Kay spent a considerable time helping Christopher Tolkien (J.R.R.’s son) edit The Silmarillion, but he himself has explained (in numerous interviews...
This is one of my all-time favourite series. I read it as a teen and then again in my 20s. I'm overdue for a third go. Kay is a master storyteller.
Guy G. Kay is one of my favorite authors. However, I thought the Fionavar Tapestry verged on unoriginal and dull. How many fantasy books have I read where a group of intelligent, resourceful modern-day young people get sucked into a medieval-esque fantasy world? Well... it's a lot. And I didn't thin...
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