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Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay

 
Description: ISBN 0140130101 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Guy Gavriel Kay / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 688 Pages / Book is published ... more
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay ... 1991-05-30 by Penguin Books Ltd

Newest Review: ... all, he makes it so that no one within the Palm can even hear the name 'Tigana'. No one, that is, except those born in ... more

 ... Tigana itself. Stripped of their identity, their dignity and soul, the rebels step out upon a long and weaving pathway to restore the titular glory of their homeland by ridding the Palm of not just one, but both Tyrants. Tigana is described as a fantasy but if you entertain any prejudices as to what this entails then disregard them now, for this is truly a transcendent piece of work. First and foremost Tigana is a stunning literary achievement in characterisation, pacing and exposition, that deals with wide-ranging...more

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Pages: 688, Edition: Reissue, Paperback, Penguin Books Ltd
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Crowned Review Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay: What's in a name? (594 words)
by - written on 16/01/09 (Very useful, 126 readings)
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An adventure story, a love story, a character study, a moral framework and a thing of rare, precise beauty. Tigana is, in short, a fantasy masterwork. First published in 1990, Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana centres on a group of dispirate rebels attempting to win back their land stolen from them by Brandin the Tyrant, himself one of two warring sorcerers battling each other for overall ownership of the Palm Peninsula. The story's prologue describes the eve of the battle for Tigana, in which Brandin's son, Stevan, is subsequently killed. Struck with rage and grief, the nevertheless victorious Brandin imposes a huge toll upon the province that stole ...  Read the complete review

 

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