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Bezig met laden... Children of Earth and Sky (editie 2017)door Guy Gavriel Kay (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 6 stars ( ) This book suffered from many of Kay's standard shortcomings in his lesser novels. The plot lacked any real drive in the sense that although the characters were developed and progressed through the world doing things, for the most part their doings were completely secondary to the depiction and romanticization of the world around them. Kay's stronger works (like the Lions of al-Rassan and the Sarantium series) have this latter element while still maintaining sufficient intrigue in the plot. Therefore although the book was compelling enough to finish quickly, and certainly better written than many other novels of its kind, I can't possibly recommend it except to those who have read and enjoyed Kay's better works and know exactly what to expect. Not a review, but a series of impressions as a reader. No synopsis, here! It feels like this book spans more space and has a wider scale than many of his other books. In some ways that creates a bit more distance from the characters but also increases the gravity of their moments. By the end of the book so many things have happened at such a scale that it's almost breathtaking. That distance made the start of the book have slightly less momentum; meeting all these disparate characters and trying to understand how they relate, there's less of a 'what happens next' quality. But soon after these introductions, things really kick in and that momentum is now fully present. As though all the setup beforehand helps it engage into a higher gear. Knowing how much of Kay's books rely on history, it definitely left me wanting to research more about it. Also, since it connects through history but not characters to some of his other books, it's made me want to go back through his Sarantium duo-logy, just to start! A slow burn story set in a Renaissance-Italy equivalent in the same world as The Lions of Al-Rassan and The Sarentine Mosaic. The story actually references The Sarentine Mosaic at points. Broad in scope, the action travels from the equivalent of Venice to post-Asharite conquest Sarentium, crossing the equivalent of the Balkans, and covers the guerilla fighting of a Skanderbeg-equivalent. Part of the story features the painting of a portrait of the Sultan by a Western painter - which actually happened in our world when Gentile Bellini was sent by Venice to paint Sultan Mehmet II. It was interesting to see the real-world parallels, but the writing was somewhat introspective being often focussing on the characters' internal thoughts rather than their external actions. Recommended. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request--and possibly to do more--and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor's wife but sent by Seressa as a spy. The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he's been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif--to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming. As these lives entwine, their fates--and those of many others--will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world..."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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