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Indlæser... Soldier of the Mist (1988)af Gene Wolfe
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Latro, as he is called by the people around him when he starts recording his daily memories on a scroll, forgets each day after a head injury in a battle near a temple at the battle Plataea (called Clay in the text). He sees gods and demi-gods not visible to his companions and is told that he must request forgiveness from the Great Mother if he is to be healed. We read what he has written, somewhat broken and intermittent, and it ends as his party attempts to escape the siege of Sestus on the Hellespont. ( ) This book manifests the Gene Wolfe enigma. Such tight prose, such subtlety. The conversation between the Spartan and the Athenian Stratgist outside Sestos for example -- it's as elegant as a rapier duel. And the evocation of an alien, god-haunted world -- it's really strange and powerful. And all through, you feel you are getting hints and crumbs of meaning, shards of some larger design you should be able to piece together. But in the end, what is it all in aid of? Glad I read it. Vivid, memorable, and strange. But there's a part of me that just wants a narrative, and meaning, right there on the surface and not veiled in mist. I wish it had been the first Wolfe I had read, or that I’d read it instead of The Wizard-Knight, because there is a definite Pattern to Wolfe’s books: a young man doesn’t know (has forgotten) (has lost) his position in Society; the book is dedicated to him finding out what that position is; there is no real plot. Of the two, Soldier of the Mist is better than The Wizard-Knight, though that might be influenced by my own predilection for Greek mythology. Wolfe’s use of the mythology is very good, and he has the appropriate degree of awe before the gods. Still, Wolfe’s formula is wearing, especially due to the lack of plot. Four stars because it's beautifully written, and for the treatment of the gods. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Latro, a mercenary soldier from the north, has suffered a head wound in battle but has developed the ability to see and converse with all of the invisible gods, goddesses, ghosts, demons, and werewolfves that inhabit the land. No library descriptions found. |
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