Vine: An Urban Legend
Michael Williams,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by BlackWyrm
Michael Williams,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by BlackWyrm
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781613181256 (1613181256)
ASIN: 9781613181256
Publish date: 28-03-2012
Publisher: Blackwyrm
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
When I heard that Michael Williams, who co-wrote many of the books in the Dragonlance fantasy series, had a new book out, I was very interested to read it. I really enjoyed reading the Dragonlance books in the 80s, and looked forward to seeing how Williams' personal writing style read.Vine: An Urba...
I was delighted by this book from the first page. Written vaguely in the style of a Greek play -- or, a choral novel, as Williams explains in his Author's Note -- there are narrative 'episodes' and various commentaries, ranging from the Muses to the homeless itinerants.Set in Louisville, Kentucky, ...
"If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will not produce the essential tragic effect nearly so well as with a play which, however deficient in these respects, yet has a plot and artistically constructed incidents." - ...