Tenar was born in the same day the High Priestess in the service of the “Nameless Ones” died. She showed all the signs to be considered the High Priestess reborn, so when she was 5 years old she was taken to be trained to be High Priestess (that is, to be remembered about her previous [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Books: The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Posted in Books, tagged Books, Fantasy, fantasy books, literature on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
Posted in Books, tagged Books, fiction, historical fiction, History on April 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
New York, 1939. Josef Kavalier, a Jewish teenager from Prague, arrived as a refugee to live with his aunt and cousin. Josef used to study painting in the Academy of Fine Arts and escapology with a famous Czech escapist, and he soon discovered that his cousin (Sammy Klayman) shared his interests in drawing and the [...]
Books: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Posted in Books, tagged Books, Fantasy, fantasy books, literature on April 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Duny was a young boy living with his father in Gont, one of the larger islands of the archipelago or Earthsea. Duny discovered his talent for magic and his aunt, the village witch, teached him what she knew about magic and plants. However his aunt was simply a rural witch and his powers exceeded hers. [...]
Books: Gentlemen of the Road, by Michael Chabon
Posted in Books, tagged Books, historical fiction, History on April 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Two Jewish bandits travel together in Kingdom of Arran, in the Land of the Khazars, 950 AD. They make a strange pair: Amram is a hulking Abyssian carrying a battle axe, while Zelikman is a thin blond Frankish physician who uses a lancelet as a rapier. They call themselves “gentlemen of the road”. One day, [...]
