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Lavondyss - Robert Holdstock

 
Description: ISBN 0586207600 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Robert Holdstock / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 480 Pages / Book is published ... more
Lavondyss - Robert Holdstock ... 1990-01-25 by Grafton

Newest Review: ... story then jumps forward to a thirteen-year-old Tallis, conversing with a man in the fields and meadows of a warm summer who ... more

 ... we recognise as composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, out "collecting tunes" from the countryside, as he really did. We get an introduction to the enigmatic Tallis, seen from Williams' eyes, as she weaves her stories and explains the magic of the landscape to the old man. These are clearly mere childish games, yet he is fascinated with the girl and her astonishing way with a tale. He also seems to see in the bushes a hooded creature with a white face... We then jump back again to Tallis' early childhood and se...more

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Crowned Review Lavondyss - Robert Holdstock: The myths of Avalon (886 words)
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Lavondyss, by fantasy and sci-fi author Robert Holdstock, was first published in 1988 and is the follow-up to Holdstock's 1984 work Mythago Wood. Reading Mythago Wood before reading Lavondyss would greatly enhance the reader's understanding and enjoyment of this book. I have reviewed Mythago Wood on this site. The plot concerns a girl called Tallis Keeton, born in 1944 in rural England. As she grows up, she has a series of strange encounters with creatures that live in Ryhope Wood and surrounding landscape near to her house that affect her life, and the lives of her parents, forever. Eventually, as a young teenager, she prepares for a journey deep into the ...  Read the complete review

 

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