Taran Wanderer
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper who wants to be a hero, goes questing for knowledge of his parentage, hoping that his journey will ennoble him in the eyes of Eilonwy, the princess with the red-gold hair. Accompanied by several loyal friends, Taran begins his search when three wily enchantresses...
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Taran, the assistant pig-keeper who wants to be a hero, goes questing for knowledge of his parentage, hoping that his journey will ennoble him in the eyes of Eilonwy, the princess with the red-gold hair. Accompanied by several loyal friends, Taran begins his search when three wily enchantresses of the Marshes of Morva send him to consult the Mirror of Llunet for the answers he is seeking, cryptically promising that "the finding takes no more than the looking." During his adventures he meets Craddoc, the shepherd, and the common people of Prydain, whom he comes to respect and admire. With their help, he continues his mission to learn the secret of the Mirror and the truth about himself.Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award A+ Audiobook (VOYA)
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780805061345 (0805061347)
ASIN: 805061347
Publish date: May 15th 1999
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Pages no: 222
Edition language: English
Series: The Chronicles of Prydain (#4)
The one question that's plagued Taran all his life is just who is he? Who is his family? Is there any chance at all that his family is some sort of nobility? This last question has taken on a new level of importance to him as he has realized that he's in love with a princess and can't do anything ab...
I'm so happy to have stuck with the early books in this series I was struggling with. There has been a wonderful improvement in the writing quality as the series moves on. It's finally feeling like the choppy--even lazy--writing has stopped getting in the way of a charming story. I hope I will fin...
I made it through Book 4 of the Chronicles of Prydain. Only one more to go and I can officially discard the shame of having never read one of the most lauded series in children's literature. ;) This book is, as the title suggests, all about Taran ... and the wandering he does. The pacing and plottin...
This coming-of-age story (moreso than the previous, though all have aspects of that) really focuses on Taran as a person, attending to parts of himself that don't deal in fantasy sword fights and evil rulers. Here he confronts much more mundane evils - people whose strength makes them cruel, the dif...
8 years ago
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