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S'està carregant… Hart's hope (1983 original; edició 2003)de Orson Scott Card
Informació de l'obraHart's Hope de Orson Scott Card (1983)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Todo empezó con la profecía del Enviado de Dios: Palicrovol, conde de Traffing, acabaría con la sangrienta tiranía y se convertiría en rey de Burland. La profecía advertía, sin embargo, que su vida no estaría a salvo mientras no hubiesen muerto el tirano y su hija Asineth. Ésta, cuando los rebeldes se hallaban a las puertas de la ciudad, rogó al Venado que los protegiera, pero sus oraciones no fueron escuchadas. Palicrovol tomó la ciudad y mató al tirano con su propia espada. A ella, en cambio, no se decidió a sacrificarla. La profanó y humilló en público, pero le perdonó la vida. Su misericordia -o su debilidad- habría de ser su ruina. La venganza de Asineth sería terrible. I've had this book on my list for a long time and I finally found a copy at a library sale. I was surprised to find this is an Arthurian style fantasy. A wicked king is overthrown by a 'good' king, who then commits a grievous sin to unite the kingdom. This leads to a dark time for the kingdom, and years of grief and struggle. Very different for Card, I don't know of anything else by him in this style. I enjoyed it, it definitely is different than most fantasy available, and it was interesting to read. There's not a lot of suspense, but what happens is good. I am a fan of Card's Ender series, but I couldn't warm to this book, an early effort and his first try at fantasy. It's just too gruesome. It has a fairy tale feel in its rather distant, stilted omniscient point of view, written more as a series of vignettes then a sustained narrative. When we think "fairy tale" thanks to Disney we often think of childish, sweet and romantic stuff, where there's a nice bright line between villains and heroes. Of course a lot of the original material isn't that way--in the Grimm Brother's version of Cinderella the stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to try to make the glass slipper fit and in the end both they and the stepmother are punished by having their eyes pecked out by crows. Well, this isn't the Disney sort of fairy tale, that's for certain. Early on the graphic rape of a twelve-year-old girl as thousands look on is unsparingly depicted. No one is innocent, no one is good--or even completely evil here. One "hero" of this book is the rapist, and the victim's revenge is cruel beyond belief. I'm not saying by the way this isn't a book worth reading, that I can't understand why for some it might appeal, but this is just too brutal for me. I feel very mixed about this book. I liked some of the magic and a lot of the religious aspects of the book (the religions/worship that were present in the book, not that the book is preachy), but overall, a lot of the book felt a little over the top. This is a very early foray for Card into fantasy, and it does feel like it. He has definitely refined his fantasy writing since this time. It's not a total waste, but I feel like a lot of potential was lost. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Enter the city of Hart's Hope, ruled by gods both powerful and indifferent, riddled with sorcery and revenge. The city was captured by a rebellious lord, Palicrovol, who overthrew the cruel king, Nasilee, hated by his people. Palicrovol, too, was cruel, as befitted a king. He took the true mantle of kinghood by forcing Asineth, now queen by her father's death, to marry him, raping her to consummate the marriage. But he was not cruel enough to rule. He let her live after her humiliation; live to bear a daughter; live to return from exile and retake the throne of Hart's Hope. But she, in turn, sent Palicrovol into exile to breed a son who would, in the name of the God, take back the kingdom from its cruel queen. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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