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Post by charleshelm on Feb 15, 2019 0:57:08 GMT -5
It's very interesting if you can keep all those 'H' and 'G' names straight in your head, which after a while becomes a bit of a chore. ......  Oh good...easier or harder than a Russian novel? |
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Post by charleshelm on Feb 15, 2019 6:49:33 GMT -5
oh good....but I made it mostly through Anna Karenina only because my wife though it was a good idea....just saw Woody Allen's version of War and Peace....
Well I have a couple of books ahead of it in the queue so we shall see.
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Post by trescuinge on Mar 3, 2019 16:49:58 GMT -5
I'm rereading one of my favorites, 'The Worm Ouroboros' by E. R. Eddison. Usually I just stick to favorite passages (like the Battle of Krothering Side) but this time I'm going cover to cover.
Eddison's prose is intricate and ornate with long, rich passages of deeply descriptive prose. He loves long accounts of sumptuous banquets, luxurious clothing and bloody battles. Characterization is his strong point and his villains are especially well drawn.
Dialog is written in his own unique, baroque style, for example:
Gro laughed and said, "Surely, O my Lady Prezmyra, truth masketh in many a strange disguise when she rideth rumour's broomstick through kings' palaces."
Eddison deliberately demands an effort from his readers, but in return transports them to a one of a kind fantasy world.
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Post by almuric on Sept 30, 2020 19:47:01 GMT -5
Lancelot and Camelot, by Giles Kristian - The Matter of Britain is well-trod territory. Authors must find a balance between the early, more historical Arthurian legends and the Medieval Romances which followed. Kristian takes Lancelot, a character introduced by French writers later on and places him in a post-Roman milieu. The first-person narrative tells the story of Lancelot's life, his early love with Guinevere and his friendship with Arthur. It's easily the best thing Kristian has ever written. While there's lots of novels about King Arthur, there's not many dealing with the aftermath of his reign. Camelot picks up 10 years after Camlann. Young Percival, Lancelot's son, is being trained as a monk at Glastonbury when his father's old friends come looking for him. Soon he's leaving the monastic life behind to search for a cauldron which might save Britain from its enemies. What we have here is a Grail quest of sorts, with lots of Cornwellian pseudo-fantasy elements. It's not first-person like its predecessor and is maybe a tad more conventional, but it's still a worthy follow-up to the first.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Oct 29, 2022 11:20:31 GMT -5
Wasn't sure where to put this but seems like a good a place as any. Really enjoyed this book.
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