· An acknowledged master of epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay is known for taking memorable historical periods and cultures and recasting them as fantasy settings. In Ysabel, he shifts that focus to create a powerful story in which the past and present of our real world mingle to create a captivating, magical tale encompassing both. As a photographer frames his shot, Kay offers a Brand: Penguin Publishing Group. · Read Articles on Novels by Guy Gavriel Kay, Including Tigana, the Fionavar Tapestry, the Sarantine Mosaic, the Lions of Al-Rassan, the Summer Tree, Ysabel, the Last Light of the Sun, the Wandering Fire, the Darkest Road, Jad (Fictional God) free. gili. Ysabel. Guy Gavriel Kay, Author. Roc $ (p) ISBN Kay (The Last Light of the Sun) departs from his usual historical fantasies to connect the ancient, violent history of.
Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay, Author. Roc $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Resisting Simplification: PW Talks with Guy Gavriel Kay; OTHER BOOKS. YSABEL. GUY GAVRIEL KAY is the author of ten novels and a volume of poetry. He won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel, has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize, and is a two-time winner of the Aurora Award. His works have been translated into more than twenty languages and have appeared on bestseller lists around the world. In this exhilarating, moving novel set in modern and ancient Provence, Guy Gavriel Kay casts brilliant light on the ways in which history - whether of a culture or a family - refuses to be buried. Ned Marriner, fifteen years old, has accompanied his photographer father to Provence for a six-week "shoot" of images for a glossy coffee-table book.
Ysabel is a mixed bag, and will appeal most to readers who find the characters appealing enough, and the eerie atmosphere sufficiently evocative to overlook its narrative shortcomings. It’s nice to see Kay branching out into a different approach to fantasy, as he’s taken some criticism over the years for being a guy who just writes fantasy-tinged historical fiction with the serial numbers filed off (Sarantium instead of Byzantium, that kind of thing). An acknowledged master of epic fantasy, Guy Gavriel Kay is known for taking memorable historical periods and cultures and recasting them as fantasy settings. In Ysabel, he shifts that focus to create a powerful story in which the past and present of our real world mingle to create a captivating, magical tale encompassing both. As a photographer frames his shot, Kay offers a fascinating new perspective on the landscape immortalized by Cezanne and Van Gogh through a multilayered story that. In Guy Gavriel Kay’s new novel, Ysabel, this duality—of exquisite b. Provence, in the south of France, is a part of the world that has been—and continues to be—called a paradise. But one of the lessons that history teaches is that paradise is coveted and fought over. Successive waves of invaders have claimed—or tried to claim—those vineyards, rivers, olive groves, and hills.
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