Tigana - by Guy Gavriel Kay (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With a new introduction by the acclaimed bestselling author, this tenth anniversary edition of a fantasy classic is the sweeping tale of sorcery, magic, politics, war, love, betrayal, and survival.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>A masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate--from the renowned author of The Fionavar Tapestry and <i>Children of Earth and Sky</i>.</b></b><i> <p/>Tigana</i> is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered... <p/> But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana. <p/> Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Tigana</i><br></b><br>"Boldly complex...generously populated, intelligently articulated."--<i>USA Today<br></i><br>"A powerfully imagined, marvelously invented Other World in which great tales naturally occur."--<i>The Toronto Star</i> <p/> "Kay shows why he's the heir to Tolkien's tradition."--<i>Booklist</i> <p/>"A brilliant single-volume epic...rich in intrigue and subtlety. Memorable characters and cultures add depth to a gracefully plotted story. Highly recommended."--<i>Library Journal</i> <p/>"Thrilling, poignant...<i>Tigana</i> is a name we won't forget."--<i>Orlando Sentinel</i><br> <b><br></b>"One of the best fantasy novels I have read."--Anne McCaffrey<br><b><br>More Praise for the Novels of Guy Gavriel Kay</b><br><b> </b><br>"[Read] anything by Guy Gavriel Kay...His strengths are strong characters and fantastic set pieces."--<i>The New Yorker </i> <p/>"History and fantasy rarely come together as gracefully or readably as they do in the novels of Guy Gavriel Kay."--<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/>"Kay is a genius. I've read him all my life and am always inspired by his work."--#1<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author Brandon Sanderson <p/>"A storyteller on the grandest scale."--<i>Time Magazine</i>, Canada<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Guy Gavriel Kay</b> is the international bestselling author of numerous fantasy novels including The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, <i>Tigana</i>, <i>The Last Light of the Sun</i>, <i>Under Heaven</i>, <i>River of Stars</i>, and <i>Children of Earth and Sky</i>. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in the literature of the fantastic, and won the World Fantasy Award for <i>Ysabel </i>in 2008. In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
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